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I have never been able to pinpoint where my name came from. I was named for a good friend of my parents. I have been told it is celtic, welsh, from the Isle of Man, etc. I know there are perhaps people with the last name of Goenne. Would be interested in finding out any info. Thanks
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It's an interesting name. You'd really need to find out more about the friend and his/her background to get a proper answer; if it was their first name, it may well have been invented, or adapted from another name, or mistranscribed on arrival in the US.
As a surname, though, it definitely isn't Welsh or Manx as there are no records of it ever been used in England or Wales. From what I can gather, it looks like it might be German. There's a family of Goennes in the 1880 US census living in Illinois, but born in Germany, and the International Genealogical Index lists a few 1800s births for Goenne and variations Goeen, Goehen and Goenn.
As a surname, though, it definitely isn't Welsh or Manx as there are no records of it ever been used in England or Wales. From what I can gather, it looks like it might be German. There's a family of Goennes in the 1880 US census living in Illinois, but born in Germany, and the International Genealogical Index lists a few 1800s births for Goenne and variations Goeen, Goehen and Goenn.
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A googled it and Goenne seems to be a surname. Check here:
http://surnames.behindthename.com/
http://surnames.behindthename.com/
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