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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of Dutch Conyn or Konijn, from Middle Dutch conijn ‘rabbit’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in rabbits, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a rabbit.
  • The name Conyn is recorded in Beverwijck in New Netherland (Albany, NY) in the mid 17th century.

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