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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Dutch: from a short form of the medieval personal name Bonefaas, Dutch form of Boniface.
  2. South German (especially Baden-Württemberg): from a short form of the personal name Gervasius, the name of the patron saint of Breisach on the Rhine.
  3. North German (especially Lower Rhine): from a short form of the personal name Servaes, dialect form of Servatius, the name of the patron saint of Maastricht, one of the three so-called ‘Ice Saints’, or of the personal name Bonifatius (see Boniface), also borne by a saint.
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