Files Family History
Files Name Meaning
English: variant of Fildes . English: variant of Fill with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Croatian (Fileš): from the personal name Fileš of Hungarian origin (see 4 below) or a nickname for someone with prominent ears from Hungarian füles ‘having ears’ (compare 4 below). Probably also an Americanized form of Hungarian Füles: from Füles a pet form of the personal name Fülöp (see Philip compare File ) or a nickname for someone with prominent ears derived from fül ‘ear’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022