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First mentioned in a charter
was
KEUERLEBER - KEIERLEBER - KEYERLEBER
around 1500 as feudal lords of the monastery at Salem, Nürtingen,
Germany.
First individual mention in
a charter:
1576, Kaspar KEIERLEBER from Nürtingen
(Source: Würtembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte/
Wurttemberg quarterlies for regional history, Neue
Folge, Stuttgart, 1892ff.)
Interpretation of the name KEUERLEBER/KEIERLEBER:
Swabian nickname = he who likes to live agreeably, from Middle High
German 'gehuire' = agreeable, excellent, choice (angenehm, trefflich).
(Source: Josef Karlmann Brechenmacher,
Etymologisches Wörterbuch der
deutschen Familiennamen/
Etymological Dictionary of German Family Names) |
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