Pomerenke Family History
Pomerenke Name Meaning
German: ethnic nickname for someone from Pomerania from a derivative (with -k- suffix) of Middle Low German pomerene ‘Pomeranian’ (see Pommerening ). There is a humorous connotation to this name and its many variants: people from Pomerania were considered somewhat slow and backward.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022