German
(Silesia, Saxony, Bohemia): from a pet form of the personal name
Hermann or Clemens, under the influence of Czech pet
forms such as Hermannec, leading to medieval name forms
recorded as, for example, Hermenczel, and later Menczel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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