Nehring Family History
Nehring Name Meaning
German:: nickname for a miser or economical person who guarded his possessions from Middle High German nerung narung Middle Low German neringe ‘food livelihood’. habitational name from Nehringen in Pomerania or a topographic name from Early New High German nehrung nehring ‘long narrow spit of land’ cognate with older nerge ‘narrows’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022