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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably an altered spelling of Dutch Hoenink, either from Middle Dutch honich ‘honey’ (a metonymic occupational name for a seller of honey, or a nickname), or a patronymic from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hūn ‘bear cub’ as the first element.

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