Henschien

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain origin; possibly a distortion of German Hähnchen (little cock), or more likely a patronymic from Hensch, a variant of Johannes.

Proper noun

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Henschien ?

  1. a surname from German

References

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  • Olav Veka (2000) “Henschien”, in Norsk etternamnleksikon, page 181:frå tysk ei form av Johannesfrom German a form of Johannes
  • Patrick Hanks (2003) “Henschen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, page 165