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elder Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish and English: distinguishing nickname bestowed on the elder (Old English ealdra) of two bearers of the same personal name. It may also denote an elder of a Church, in the sense of a senior and respected member of a congregation.
  2. Americanized form of German Elter, which has the same meaning as 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The elder name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the elder family name as far back in history as possible.

elder Family Facts

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Distribution of elder Families in the US in 1920
Number of elder families
 202-401
 68-201		 1-67
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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