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Definition: Literally translated, this surname means "forest man." From the Greek culon (pronounced xylon), meaning "wood" or "forest", and andros, meaningt "man," this surname is the Greek translation of the Dutch surnames HOUTMAN or HOLZMANN. Translating surnames into a foreign language was a popular practice in the 14th to 16th century.
Surname Origin:
Greek
Alternate Surname Spellings:
HOUTMAN, HOLZMANN, HOLTMAN
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Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
