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De%20wilde Name Meaning

Dutch; Flemish (also Dewilde): from Middle Dutch wilt ‘wild savage’ + the definite article de used as a descriptive nickname for a man with an unruly temperament (but particularly as a term denoting aborigines of uncultivated countries) and also as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or tavern bearing a sign with the image of a wild man or an aborigine probably named In de Wilde Man (‘In the Wild Man’). This surname has also been chosen by Jews. Compare Wilde and Wildeman .

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


Similar surnames: Wilde, De Winter, De Windt, De Wolf, Deville, De Witt, De Weese

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