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Origin of Orff Total Records: 3  Origin of Orff, Meaning of Orff Origin: Korff/Corff/Corf has several meanings including the passage between hills, a border line above a stream or in a great hall, the Cornish bear, in Welsh a body either human or a committee or group, in ancient French the raven or raven black hair. Surnames: Korff, Corff, Corf, Korf, Corfe Submitted by: Nicholas Corff Origin of Orff, Meaning of Orff Origin: Earliest US records for Biersdorff (pronounced with both long and short "i") are spelled Byersdorff, from Prussia. Biersdorff means Beer Village, but Byersdorff is not purely German which raises the possibility that the later "Bier" was a return to the original pre-immigration spelling. Surnames: Biersdorff / Byersdorff Submitted by: Origin of Orff, Meaning of Orff Origin: Busco el sifnificado y lugar de origen del apellido Croff. Busco a Franz Croff que llego a Bolivia entre 1900 y 1930. Surnames: corff lucero Submitted by: César Croff 2/17/2012 12:35 PM Page 1 of 1

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