Meaning & origin
What it means
Wexler goes back to German Wechsler, meaning “money changer.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Wexler as a surname developed from WECHSLER.
Wexler’s family of names
In English usage, Wexler as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Romanian form VEXLER. In German usage, Wexler as a surname has a related form in WECHSLER. In English usage, Wexler as a surname developed from the German form WECHSLER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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