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moder Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements moda ‘courage’ + heri, hari ‘army’.
  2. Slovak and Polish: from Middle High German mader ‘reaper’.
  3. Polish: from Middle Low German moder ‘mother’, ‘womb’, or ‘mare’.
  4. Slovenian: nickname for a wise man, from the adjective moder ‘wise’, ‘prudent’.
  5. Swedish (Modér): ornamental name, probably from mo ‘sandy heath’ + the surname suffix -(d)ér, derived from Latin -(d)erius.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of moder Families in the US in 1920
Number of moder families
 11-20
 4-10		 1-3
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 7 - Messages: 19
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Moder cynj_1 5
Moder family Frannie49 0
Surname:Moderwell or Moderwel BettyFelton96 0
mary ellen moder britt 0
query--surname--Modert Phyllis_Thivierge_Modert 0
Hello Randolph Modder 7
missing friend jennifer 0
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