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Surname Etymology and Meaning of KNEE

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Irish and Manx: reduced form of McNee.
2. English (Wiltshire): nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the knee(s), Middle English kne (Old English cneow).
3. German: altered spelling of knie ‘knee’, a topographic name for an odd-shaped piece of land, or a nickname for someone with an unusual or injured knee.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)