Hello, yes, -WILLER is a common suffix in the name of Alsatian localities, and elsewhere. Sometimes it evolved into -WIHR (Gueberschwihr, former Geberschweier) ou -VILLE' (Ribeauvillé, former Rappoltsweiler). It is derived from the Latin "villa" = farm, estate. Usually, but not always, it follows a man's name : e.g. Rappoltsweiler <= the domain of Rappolt. BTW where is Tuckwiller? Etienne Le 1 nov. 08 à 05:35, alsace-lorraine-request@rootsweb.com a écrit : > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:39:19 -0400 > From: "Eddie Howard" <swvaroot@pemtel.net> > > Here and in my records and on the A-L maps I see a lot of names > with -willer suffix. > Does the word have any special meaning?? I have a neighbor > Tuckwiller. > > -eddie