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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German grün ‘green’ + Feld ‘field’.
  • German (Grünfeld) : habitational name from any of several places in northern and central Germany named Grünfeld, named with elements meaning ‘green open country’.

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