Nix
Frequency: (8784)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English, German, and Dutch: patronymic from a pet form of Nicholas (German Nikolaus).
2. Irish (County Limerick): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Nioceais ‘son of Nicholas’, which was taken by some Limerick families named Woulfe.
3. German (southern and Upper Rhine): from a nickname from Middle High German nickes(e), nixe ‘water sprite’.
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