Necker
See also: necker
English
Etymology 1
From French Necker, from German Necker.
Proper noun
Necker (countable and uncountable, plural Neckers)
- (countable) A surname from French.
- An island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, United States, named after Jacques Necker; in full, Necker Island.
Synonyms
- (Necker, Hawaii, USA): Necker Island, Mokumanamana
Translations
Necker, HI, US
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Etymology 2
From Dutch Neckere.
Proper noun
Necker
- An island of the British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom in the West Indies, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean, named after Jonathan de Neckere; in full, Necker Island.
Synonyms
- (Necker, BVI, UK): Necker Island
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Necker (plural Neckers)
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Proper noun
Necker ?
- a surname, Necker, from German
- Necker (an island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, United States, named for Jacques Necker, finance minister to Louis XVI, in 1798, by French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse; in full, île Necker)
German
Etymology
South German surname, habitational surname for someone living on the Neckar river, or from the noun Nock (“hilltop rock”), used often in Austria, of uncertain origin, but possibly a Celtic borrowing from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill, protuberance”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Necker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Neckers or (with an article) Necker, feminine genitive Necker, plural Neckers or Necker)