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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish male personal name Nisn, from Hebrew nisan, the Jewish month during which Passover takes place, originally given to boys born in that month. Compare Oder and Nissan.
  • German and Danish : patronymic from the Scandinavian personal name Nis, variant of Nils (see Nicholas).

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