Merkel (surname)

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Merkel (also Merckel) is a common German surname. A variant is Merkl. It used to be the minimization of a variety of Old German given names like Markwart (meaning "guard of the frontier") or Markhard (meaning "strong frontier"). [1]

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References

  1. Jürgen Udolph: Professor Udolphs Buch der Namen, Munich 2005