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Re: Freij
That's interesting - sounds like one male ancestor of that family at one point visited the Middle East, fell in love with a woman there, subsequently married her and then settled down with her in her native country. At least, that seems one of the possible scenarios to me, because it certainly generally is very rare to see a traditional Western name on a Middle Eastern family. :)

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There is a Lebanese surname, Freij. I don't know its meaning, it may be a variant of the male given name Faraj, "repose, ease". There was a Christian mayor of Bethlehem called Ilyas Freij.
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This makes more sense. Freïj is a placename in Lebanon as you can see at http://tinyurl.com/2dka79w
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Freij,est,un,nom,ou,prénom,arabe,dont,la,signification,est:
celui,qui,a,vu,la,fin,de,ses,difficultés,ou,problemes.
Merci,de,bien,vouloir,traduire,MARC.
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Translation: "Freij is an Arabic surname or given name which means 'one who has seen the end of his troubles or problems'."
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