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fila Name Meaning and History

  1. Czech and Polish: from a pet form of Filip (see Philip).
  2. Polish: from a pet form of Teofil (from the Greek personal name Theophilos, derived from Greek theos ‘god’ + philos ‘friend’).
  3. Polish: nickname from chwila ‘moment’.

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Distribution of fila Families in the US in 1920
Number of fila families
 7-12
 3-6
 1-2
 0
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Threads: 6 - Messages: 13
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Casper Fila jen_kravchak 6
Fila bowenran 0
Fila, Catherine Barb Guttmann 0
Joseph Fila teresa filan 1
Fila / Plociennik Lorraine 0
Fila ancestory Margaret Rogez 0

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