German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German
sun(nen)tac, German Sonntag ‘Sunday’, a nickname for
someone who had some particular connection with Sunday. The German
surname may have arisen from a personal name for a child born on a
Sunday, for this was considered a lucky day. Among Jews, it seems to
have been one of the group of names referring to days of the week that
were distributed at random by government officials.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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