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Re: Gernman last names

by Sean Foglai (guest)

4/2/2005, 8:57 PM

Gehler - German: reduced form of Gelhaar, a nickname for someone with fair hair, from Middle High German gel ‘yellow’ + har ‘hair’

Ehrlichmann - just a guess on this one, but maybe an "Earl's son, or something related"

Sorry ...all I got ...

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