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Moolenaar is a name that originates in Holland. It is a profession: A person that operates a mill, usually a windmill.
Translations:
| | Miller | | English | | Mugnaio | | Italian | | Møller | | Norwegian | | Mlynář | | Czech | | | ------------------------ | | ----------------------------------------- | | ------------------------ | | -------------- | | --------------- | | -------------- | | ---------------- | | ----------------- | | | | Molinero | | Spanish | | Molenaar | | modern Dutch | | Mjölnare | | Swedish | | Mlynár | | Slovak | | | | Müller | | German | | Molnár | | Hungarian | | Meunier | | French | | Errotari | | Basque | | | | Mölder | | Estonian | | Mylläri | | Finnish | | O'Muilleor | | Irish (Gaelic) | | Moleiro | | Portuguese | | | | Møller | | Danish | | Młynarz | | Polish | | Morar | | Romanian | | Malūnininkas | | Lithuanian | | | | Mlinar | | Croatian, Slovenian and Serbian | | Değirmenci | | Turkish | | Μυλωνάς | | Greek | | | | | | | | Moliner | | Catalan | | Muelisto | | Esperanto | | Мельник | | Russian | | Mel'nik | | Russian | | | | Мелничаров | | Bulgarian | | Malējs, Dzirnavnieks | | Latvian | | Muiñeiro | | Galician | | Млинар | | Ukrainian | | | | טוחן | | Hebrew | | طحان | | Arabic | | Chủ cối xay | | Vietnamese | | آسیابان | | Persian | | | | 米勒 | | Chinese | | मुलेनार | | Hindi, Marathi | | Dəyirmançı | | Azerbaijani | | Mîlan | | Kurdish(Kurmanji) | | | | Asiyavan/ئاسیاوان | | Kurdish (Sorani) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Molinarius | | Latin (probably the origin for this name) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
In Holland there used to be many windmills. They were used to pump the water from the polders, grind flour, saw wood, etc. Only few of them remain now, but the name Moolenaar can be found all around the world.
An overview of people who are called Moolenaar and are present on the Internet:
If your last name is Moolenaar, you can get an entry on these pages by filling out this form.
A genealogy of the Moolenaar Family: here