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Type Surname (from location & ornamental)
Other Forms FormsBlattel, Blättel, Blatter, Blattner, Blatner, Blate, Platt, Plat, Platte, Plait, Plate, Platz, Blatz, Platter, Plater, Platner, Plattner, Platzer, Planer, Platten, Flatt, Flatter, Flater, Flat, Platnér
Meaning & History
Ornamental name derived from German blatt and Yiddish blat meaning "leaf", or a topographic name for someone who lived at a farm on a ledge on a mountainside, derived from Middle High German blate meaning "flat surface, ledge, plateau".