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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (especially Baden) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : literally ‘foreigner’ (Middle High German ūzlender), a byname bestowed on a newcomer to a district or on a farmer who cultivated land outside a community’s bounds.

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