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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German zwīg ‘branch’, ‘bough’, ‘twig’, ‘graft’, German Zweig, applied perhaps as a nickname for a thin person or as an occupational name for a horticultural expert. The Jewish surname is ornamental.

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