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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a Jewish ritual slaughterer, from Yiddish reznik (of Slavic origin).
  • Czech (Řezník) and Slovak (Rezník) : occupational name for a butcher.

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