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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the personal name Waldobert, composed of the elements waltan ‘rule’ + bërht ‘bright’, ‘shining’.
  • Jewish (from Lithuania) : assimilation to the German male personal name Wolpert, perceived as a variant of the Jewish male name Wolf.

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