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trunk Name Meaning and History

  1. German: nickname for a heavy drinker, from Middle High German trinken ‘to drink’.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name or nickname from German Trunk ‘drink’ (see 1 above).

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trunk Family Facts

Distribution of trunk Families in the US in 1920
Number of trunk families
 14-26
 5-13		 1-4
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