KUMNICK - couldn't find the name as given but did find: \ KUNNEKE, KUNICK (German) Forms of "KONRAD, KUNRAD" (daring or brave counsel). A very popular name during the Middle Ages. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. KAPENICK - couldn't find as given but did find: \ KAPERNICK (German) = KOPERNICK = KOPPERNIG in Upper Saxony. This info comes from "German Names" by Hans Bahlow. Using this as a starting point I found in "A Dictionary of Surnames": \ KOPERNIK (Polish) Diminutive of KOPER, a topographic name from Polish "koper" (dill, fennel), or an occupational name for a grower or seller of dill or fennel. Whether the two names are actually related, I can't say. They SOUND similar, and LOOK similar but there isn't an actual definition in the German Names book, so one is kind of left in the dark. Barbara Chris Schmidt wrote: >Hi! > >Can anyone help me with the origin of the surname KUMNICK? Mine come from Flatow West Prussia. Also, does anyone know the origin of the name KAPERNICK? > >Regards > >Chris Schmidt > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >