Last Name FROWDE

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Meaning	The son of Froud. The epithet 'frode,' wise, was applied to more than one eminent Northman. In Domesday we find a Frodo, described as 'frater Abbatis,' and he had a son Gilbert, called 'filius Frodonis.'

Origin	English

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