English: nickname from fend, a shortened form of
defend, thus ‘defender’.South German: from
Alemannic Venner ‘flag bearer’, ‘ensign’ or
Fähndrich, which has the same meaning (see
Fenrich).South German: variant of Fendler.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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