Origin and popularity of the name MUNCH

Origin

Munch : 1: German (Münch): nickname for someone of monkish habits or appearance or an occupational name for a servant employed at a monastery from Middle High German münich ‘monk’ (from Latin monachus). Compare Muench.2: French (Alsace and Lorraine) and Danish: of German origin (see above). Compare Munck.

Moench : German (Mönch): variant of Münch ‘monk’ (see Muench).

Muenks : German (Münks): from Münk a variant of Münch (see Muench) + excrescent -s.

Papin : French:: 1: from Old French papin ‘pap (for kids)’ a noun derivative of paper ‘to munch or eat’ (from Late Latin pappare in origin a nursery word) as a nickname probably referring to a glutton.2: from a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Papo related to Pépin (see Pepin). Compare Pappan.

Pappa : 1: Italian (southern): nickname for a greedy or voracious person from pappa ‘food’ or from pappa ‘he eats’ from pappare ‘to munch or gobble’ or a short form of a compound of this verb + a noun as for example Pappalardo.2: Italian (southern): possibly also a variant of Papa ‘father cleric pope’.3: American shortened form (and Greek feminine form denoting ‘the daughter or wife of’) of Greek Pappas ‘priest’.

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