The ness Surname
ness Name Meaning and History
- Scandinavian (especially Norwegian), Scottish, and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived on a headland or promontory, Old Norse nes, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this word; there are over a hundred farms in Norway and many settlements in Scotland and northern England so named
- English: according to Reaney and Wilson, a variant of Nash.
- German: habitational name from places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.
- German: from a short form of the female personal name Agnes (see Agnes 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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