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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and Belgian (Van de Wiele) : topographic name from Middle Dutch wiele, variant of wal ‘pool, eddy, or mudflat resulting from a breach in a dike’, or habitational name from a place named with this word, for example Te Wiele, in Pittem, Belgium. See also Vanderwaal, Vanderweele.

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