German: from Knick ‘hedge’, ‘boundary’, hence a topographic
name for someone living near a hedge or hedged enclosure or a
metonymic occupational name for someone who lays hedges. Hedging is a
characteristic feature of the pastureland of Holstein, Mecklenburg,
Westphalia, and Lower Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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