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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably an Americanized form of German Ziegenfuss :
  • Nickname meaning ‘goat’s foot’, presumably a nickname for a nimble man.
  • Alternatively, it may be an altered form (by folk etymology) of the Germanic personal name Sigifuns, composed of elements meaning ‘victory’ + ‘quick’.

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