Etymology

Hoenig

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The story

* As an east German surname, variant of Honig (“honey”) and Heinig (a derivative of Heinrich). * As a Jewish surname, from the personal name Henich, from the biblical name Enoch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.