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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of German Kemmler or Kämmler, occupational name for a comb maker or a wool comber, from Middle High German kamb(e) ‘comb’ + the agent suffix -(l)er. Compare Kamler.

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