Last name: FILER

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FILER : This last name is indexed 12,321 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

FILER : 1: English: occupational name for a file maker or someone who files smooths or polishes something from an -er derivative of Middle English filen ‘to file’.2: English: occupational name for a spinner from Old French fileur ‘spinner’ a derivative of fil ‘thread’ (from Latin filum).3: Americanized form of German Feiler cognate with 1 above.

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