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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : distinguishing name (a compound of Middle High German junc ‘young’ + the personal name Hans) for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, often a son who bore the same name as his father. Compare Jung, Junger.

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