Last name: ALDER
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ALDER : This last name is indexed 38,716 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ALDER : 1: English: topographic name for someone living by an alder tree or by a group of alders from Middle English al(d)re alder.2: German: variant of Alter.3: German: status name for a senior from Middle High German althērre ‘(respected) older gentleman’.4: Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Ahl.5: Americanized form (translation into English) of Finnish Leppä or Leppänen see Leppanen.
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