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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from an unattested Old English personal name Lēofhering, Lēofring ‘son of Lēofhere’, a personal name composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + here ‘army’.

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