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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant spelling of Monk.
  • German (Münk), Scandinavian, and Dutch : from Middle High German münich, Middle Dutch munc, Scandinavian munk ‘monk’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a monk, or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a monastery.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the male personal name M(o)unka, a Czech pet form of Solomon.

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