Henschien

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Henschien ?

  1. a surname from German

References

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