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References
- ↑ "Boehnke Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
North German (Böhnke): occupational name for a grower of beans, from a diminutive of Bohn 1 or a variant of Bohneke.
- ↑ "Bohn Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
North German: variant of Bode. German: metonymic occupational name for a grower of beans, from Middle High German, Middle Low German bone ‘bean’.
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