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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage German
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Meaning & History

From Middle High German pfil ‘arrow’ (from Latin pilum ‘spike’, ‘javelin’), either a metonymic occupational name for an arrowsmith or possibly a nickname for a tall thin man.
Added 2/13/2017 by anonymous