Family name origins & meanings
- German : apparently a variant spelling of Nonnengasse, from a street name meaning ‘nuns’ lane’.
- German : Possibly a variant of Gnugesser, a nickname for a big eater, from g(e)nug ‘enough’ + esser ‘eater’ (from essen ‘to eat’).
- German : Alternatively, it may be a habitational name for someone from Nunkas, a place in the Upper Palatinate.