Weil Family History
Weil Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Gunther, Hans, Herta, Lothar, Manfred, Arno, Dieter, Elfriede, Fritz.
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places so named in Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg, from Latin villa ‘country house, estate’ (later used of a group of houses forming a settlement). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Wile 3.
History: This is one of the old Ashkenazic surnames. In Eastern Europe, it was used by rabbinical families well before the mass adoption of surnames by local Jews at the turn of the 19th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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