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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant spelling of Genzmer, a variant of Ganz, or a dialect variant of Gensheimer.
  • Possibly an altered form of German Gensemeyer, an occupational name for someone who raised and sold geese, from Middle High German gans ‘goose’ + meier ‘(tenant) farmer’.

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