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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Dutch : nickname from Middle High German nac, nacke, Middle Dutch necke ‘neck’, perhaps denoting someone with a stiff neck, in either the literal or figurative sense.
  • English : from the Old Norse personal name Hnaki.

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