Schenck: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Schenck is best understood alongside Schenk: both are German spellings of a single family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “Cupbearer, innkeeper”.

A variant of Schenk

Records show Schenck as one of the forms Schenk took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Schenke and Schenker.

Heraldry and the Schenck name

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