Jonke Family History
Jonke Name Meaning
German: nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German junc Middle Low German junk ‘young’. German (also Jönke): from a pet form of the personal name Jo(h)n a shortened form of Johannes (see John ). German: altered form of Janke itself an altered form of Janko a Slovenian hypocoristic derivative of the personal name Janez an equivalent of John . This is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Slovenian and Croatian: of Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) origin (see 3 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022