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nye Name Meaning and History

English (southeastern): topographic name arising from a misdivision of Middle English atten (e)ye which means either ‘at the river’ or ‘at the island’, from Old English ea ‘river’ and eg ‘island’ respectively. Both these words were feminine in Old English, and so should have been preceded only by Middle English atter (see Rye), but distinctions of gender ceased to be carefully maintained in the Middle English period.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of nye Families in the US in 1920
Number of nye families
 139-275
 47-138		 1-46
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