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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : probably a nickname for a carefree, easy-going person, from Middle High German waldvogel ‘bird of the forest’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German Wald ‘forest’ + Vogel ‘bird’.

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