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Philhower

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Classicized spelling of German Vielhauer, an occupational name for a file maker, from Middle High German vīle ‘file’ + an agent derivative of houwen ‘to chop or cut’.

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