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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German Nückels : pet form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas). Compare Nuckols.
  • German : habitational name from a place called Nückel in Lower Saxony near Geestemünde.
  • Altered spelling of Nuckel, an Old Prussian personal name.

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