Dutch and North German: from Middle Dutch jonghheer ‘young
nobleman’ (a compound of jong(h) ‘young’ + herr
‘master’, ‘lord’). The term was used of a member of the nobility who
had not yet assumed knighthood.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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