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Thelen

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

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and North German : patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Thietilo, of Germanic origin, derived from a short form of Theodoric (see Terry 1).
  • Swedish : from an unexplained first element (see Thelander) + the common ornamental suffix -en.

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