Mulder is a surname of two possible origins: Dutch and German.
It may be
Dutch languageoccupational surname. It is an archaic Dutch word for "
miller" (modern Dutch: molenaar). With 38,207 people in the Netherlands named Mulder, it was the 12th most common name there in 2007.[1] In Belgium the form De Mulder ("the miller") is more common.[2]
The surname Mulder is also an occupational name of German origin, meaning "the maker of wooden bowls", from
Middle High German mulde "bowl", "trough", or "tub" + the agent suffix -er.
This page lists people with the
surnameMulder. If an
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Mulder is a surname of two possible origins: Dutch and German.
It may be
Dutch languageoccupational surname. It is an archaic Dutch word for "
miller" (modern Dutch: molenaar). With 38,207 people in the Netherlands named Mulder, it was the 12th most common name there in 2007.[1] In Belgium the form De Mulder ("the miller") is more common.[2]
The surname Mulder is also an occupational name of German origin, meaning "the maker of wooden bowls", from
Middle High German mulde "bowl", "trough", or "tub" + the agent suffix -er.
This page lists people with the
surnameMulder. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.