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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname from Middle High German fīn ‘fine’, ‘splendid’ (a cognate of Fine).
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German fein, Yiddish fayn ‘fine’, ‘excellent’.

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