Family name origins & meanings
- English : variant spelling of Monk.
- German (Münk), Scandinavian, and Dutch : from Middle High German münich, Middle Dutch munc, Scandinavian munk ‘monk’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a monk, or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a monastery.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the male personal name M(o)unka, a Czech pet form of Solomon.