Werder (family name)

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Werder is a German and Dutch family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is derived from the field form Werder, "elevated land surrounded by bodies of water or damp stretches of land".

distribution

Like the toponym , the name in its variants is common throughout the German-speaking area, as well as in the Dutch-speaking area. Werder as a family name also occurs in Switzerland, especially in the cantons of Zug and Aargau.

variants

  • Waerder, Warder, Warden
  • Become, become, become, become man
  • Werderits, Werderitsch
  • Werth, Werthe, Werther
  • Wörth
  • Weerts

Name bearer

The namesake include members of the Brandenburg aristocratic family Werder as well as several lower Saxon noble families of the same name . These names are from Werder or von dem Werder , formerly also in the Latin form de Insula .