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This is an interesting surname. I doubt the German origin that it is from the German Philister, and the name itself doesn't exist as a surname today.
This surname Fillister doesn't seem to exist today. A variant is Filister, an extremely rare surname. Now, the Filisters of the US could be of English origin, as the surname Filister/Fillister once existed in the UK.
This surname Fillister I think is of French origin. It was an English surname mostly found in London. Perhaps it is a English form of a French word, but I do not know. Another possible origin is that Filister is a variant of Filliter, an English surname from county Dorset, London, and Yorkshire. Filliter is also a rare surname. I think it is also of French origin. The Etymology, I'll have to look into that further.
This surname Fillister doesn't seem to exist today. A variant is Filister, an extremely rare surname. Now, the Filisters of the US could be of English origin, as the surname Filister/Fillister once existed in the UK.
This surname Fillister I think is of French origin. It was an English surname mostly found in London. Perhaps it is a English form of a French word, but I do not know. Another possible origin is that Filister is a variant of Filliter, an English surname from county Dorset, London, and Yorkshire. Filliter is also a rare surname. I think it is also of French origin. The Etymology, I'll have to look into that further.
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Possibly an English form of "fil laitière"? meaning, "over dairy". The surname Fillaiter is also found in the United States, in Ohio. This is also the same with Fillister. Now, the surname Filister is found in Minnesota, but I'm not too sure if the Filisters of Minnesota are English in origin or related to the Fillister of Ohio.
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Fil(l)ister is a Romanian Jewish surname as you can see at tinyurl.com/c73lkvj. The first bearer of the surname was Moses Filister as shown at tinyurl.com/d7sqslm. Fil(l)ister is probably a Romanian adaptation of German Phil(l)ister 'Philistine'.
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Hmm... It seems like the Filisters of Minnesota are of Jewish origin, from the place and name Philistine, but it doesn't seem like the FiLListers of Ohio and England are of the same origin. The origins of Filister seems to be different than the origins of Fillister. According to http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Fillister , the Fillisters of Ohio also takes the surname "Filliater", a French surname. Now looking at the Filliater surname, they are also from the same place, Ohio, both surnames Fillister/Filliater are only recorded there in the US.
Now, for the British surname Fillister, I'd say it's either of French origin, or an occupational name of Old English origin. The "Philistine" Jewish origin for the British surname Fillister, I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I'll try to find out more.
Now, for the British surname Fillister, I'd say it's either of French origin, or an occupational name of Old English origin. The "Philistine" Jewish origin for the British surname Fillister, I don't think so, but I could be wrong. I'll try to find out more.
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