Frieling Family History
Frieling Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from a status name meaning ‘freed man’ (as opposed to bondsman in the medieval feudal system) from Middle High German vrīling Middle Dutch vrilinc. Compare Fryling and Vrieling . German: habitational name from any of several places called Frieling. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from Yiddish friling ‘spring’ or a Yiddishized form of Frühling (see Fruhling ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022