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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Dutch (Munster, Münster) : habitational name from places called Munster or Münster, derived from Latin monasterium ‘monastery’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a monastery.
  • Irish : see Moynihan.

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