Släkthistoria för Recknagel
Recknagel Vad efternamn betyder
German (Thuringia): from Middle High German recken ‘to raise or lift’ (here in the imperative) + nagel ‘nail’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith or perhaps an obscene nickname (with a transferred sense for nagel i.e. ‘penis’).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
