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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Herwig.
  • Americanized spelling of Norwegian Hervik, a habitational name from any of three farmsteads so named from Old Norse herr ‘army’, ‘large gathering’ + vik ‘bay’ (perhaps referring to a meeting place for ships).

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