Henschien

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Händschen (1700s), Henschen

Etymology

Uncertain origin; possibly a distortion of German Hähnchen (“little cock”), or more likely a patronymic from Hensch, a variant of Johannes.

Proper noun

Henschien ?

1. a surname from German

References

• Olav Veka (2000) “Henschien”, in Norsk etternamnleksikon, page 181: “frå tysk ei form av Johannes ― from German a form of Johannes”
• Patrick Hanks (2003) “Henschen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, page 165