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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : from Middle Dutch valke ‘falcon’ + the definite article de, hence a metonymic occupational name for a falconer, a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house or tavern distinguished by the sign of a falcon.

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