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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of Swiss German Gnaegi, Gnägi, of uncertain origin. It may be from Middle High German nâhe ‘near’, ‘close’, hence a nickname for a neighbor.
  • In some cases possibly an altered spelling of Hungarian Gnagy.

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