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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname from Middle High German prinze ‘prince’, presumably denoting someone who behaved in a regal manner or who had won the title in some contest of skill.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental adoption of German Prinz ‘prince’.

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