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3/29/2014, 7:31 AM XICooper
3/29/2014, 7:30 AM XICooper

Name Vetter
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage German
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

from a nickname from Middle High German veter(e) ‘uncle’, ‘nephew’. The word is from Old High German fetiro (a derivative of fater ‘father’), which was used more generally to denote various male relatives; the meaning of modern German Vetter is ‘cousin’.
Added 3/29/2014 by XICooper