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De%20volder Name Meaning

Flemish (mainly Devolder) and Dutch: occupational name for a miller of woolen fabrics from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch vollen ‘to mill’ with the addition of the definite article de ‘the’. The Flemish surname is also found in France (Nord).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: De Heer, De Visser, De Coster, De Boer, Holder, Molder, De Wolf

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