Frequency: (109)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: derivative of any of several compound names formed with Middle High German vuoter ‘feed’, ‘fodder’.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a furrier, from Yiddish ‘fur’, ‘fur coat’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 4%. Dror, Menachem.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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