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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German (Böhning) : habitational name from a place near Hildesheim called Bönnien, the -ing suffix denoting affiliation.
  • North German (Böhning) : patronymic from Bone, a Germanic personal name of unknown origin.

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