Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German (Hesse) : from a pet form of Hans.
  • German : nickname or metonymic occupational name for a poultry keeper from Middle High German henne ‘hen’, ‘chicken’.
  • German : from a pet form of the personal name Heinrich.
  • Dutch : variant of Henn 3.

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