South German: from Middle High German model ‘measure’,
‘size’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of weights and
measures.German: possibly a habitational name from the Slavic
place name Modlau.Polish: from model ‘model’,
‘fashion’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish
personal name Modl, a pet form of Mordecai.
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