Etymology

Rehnquist

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Today it means: A surname from Swedish. Full definition →

Swedish Rehnqvist
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  1. Swedish · derived fromRehnqvist
  2. English todayRehnquist

Americanized form of Swedish Rehnqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ren (“strip of land”) + kvist (“twig”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.