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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Swiss German: habitational name from Amslen in Switzerland.
  2. German: occupational name for a fowler (bird-catcher), from an agent derivative of Amsel.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Amsle, Yiddish name of Nams{l-}au in Silesia.