Mulder
[ˈmʌldər]Meaning
Dutch occupational surname meaning "miller"; also German for "maker of wooden bowls".
Background Story
Mulder is a surname of Dutch and German origin. As a Dutch occupational surname it comes from an archaic Dutch word for "miller", the modern Dutch being molenaar; with 38,207 bearers in the Netherlands it was the 12th most common name there in 2007, and the Belgian form De Mulder, "the miller", is more common in Belgium. As a German occupational name it means "the maker of wooden bowls", from Middle High German mulde, "bowl", "trough" or "tub", with the agent suffix -er.
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