Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Girl name origins & meanings American : Weasel-like Family name origins & meanings Czech : from a reduced form of the personal name Dominik (see Domingo).North German and Dutch : from a pet form of the personal name Mein.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch menke, minke ‘physical defect’, ‘infirmity’, ‘mutilation’.German : variant of Minke 2.