The knee Surname
knee Name Meaning and History
- Irish and Manx: reduced form of McNee.
- English (Wiltshire): nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the knee(s), Middle English kne (Old English cneow).
- German: altered spelling of knie ‘knee’, a topographic name for an odd-shaped piece of land, or a nickname for someone with an unusual or injured knee.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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