Schmuck Family History
Schmuck Name Meaning
North German: nickname from Middle Low German smuck ‘neat dainty pretty’. South German: nickname from Middle High German smuc ‘embrace; ornament finery’ also ‘jewelry’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace in any of the two possible senses; see also 1 above) Hungary and Slovenia. In part this is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare Smuck .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022