English Explanatory Dictionary

Neff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/nɛf/

Word forms

Neff Neffs

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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