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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Old English personal name Winegār, composed of the elements wine ‘friend’ + gār ‘spear’.
  • German : habitational name from any of several places in Alsace (now part of France) named Wingen.
  • Swedish : ornamental name from ving(e) ‘wing’ + the agentive suffix -er.

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