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De Sloover Surname Meaning

Flemish (also Desloover): occupational name for a manufacturer or smith of sloven, i.e. rings and toggles for doorbeams and tollbars.

This name is derived from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch singular slove + the definite article de ‘the’.

See also Selover.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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