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plate Name Meaning and History
- German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of plate armor, from Middle High German blate, plate, Middle Dutch plate ‘plate’, ‘armor plating’.
- German: habitational name from a place so named in Mecklenburg.
- Dutch: from West Flemish plate ‘plaice’, possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble a flat fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a catcher or seller of these fish.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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