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[Surname] Re: Goldvarg
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It looks German, or maybe Yiddish. No problem with the Gold, it means ... guess what! Could it be a non-German speaker's corruption of goldwaage, "gold-scales"? If so it might be a metonymic for a goldsmith, or even a money-changer.
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My mother's maiden name.
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Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire
VARIANTS:
Goldvarg
goldfarg
goldfark
goldvag
goldvard
goldver
goldverg
golverg
golver
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