Neff

//nɛf// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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fist

Etymology

* As a German, Alemannic German and Jewish surname, from the noun Neffe (“nephew”). * Americanized variant of Naff. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Neve, related to the nephew sense above. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McNeff, McNiff.

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