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Updated March 13, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Jung.
  • Scandinavian : from an Old Danish personal name Odhinkar, composed of the elements Óðinn (the god) + kárr ‘strong’.

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