Newkirk Family History
Newkirk Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Nijkerk or Nieuwerkerk: habitational name from Nijkerk a city in Gelderland whose name is itself a dialect variant of Nieuwkerk or a topographic name denoting someone living at the ‘new church’. Americanized form of German Neukirch . Compare Neikirk .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022