The ney Surname
ney Name Meaning and History
- English: variant of Nye.
- Irish: reduced form of O’Ney.
- North German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Neu. The Jewish surname may sometimes be a shortened form of a name such as Neuburger.
- German: habitational name from a place near Boppard.
- North German: nickname from Middle Low German ni(g)e, ney(g)e ‘(the) new one’.
- Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Aarnoud (see Arnold).
- Dutch (de Ney): variant of Nay 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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