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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Kuneš) : from the old personal name Kuneš, a pet form of Kunrat (see Konrad).
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from a short form of the German female personal name Kunigunde (see Kuennen).
  • Possibly a respelling of German Kuhns or Kuntz.

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