The eder Surname
eder Name Meaning and History
South German (also common in the Czech lands): topographic name for
someone who lived on a patch of bare, uncultivated land, from Middle
High German (o)ed(e) ‘wasteland’. It may also be a habitational
name from any of the numerous places named with this element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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