Släkthistoria för Redknap
Redknap Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English red ‘red’ + knap(p)e ‘boy servant’ (Old English cnapa) perhaps for a boy or servant with red hair or a ruddy complexion. Compare Johannes Redknave 1377 in Poll Tax (Rutland) from Middle English red ‘red’ + knave ‘boy servant’ (Old English cnafa) and see also Redman Redhead.alternatively perhaps from Middle English red ‘red’ + knap ‘hillock’ (Old English cnæpp). The surname may be topographical for someone who lived on or by a red hillock or perhaps toponymic for someone from a place so named. Place-Names of Warwicks p. 323 gives the unlocated name le Redecnappe recorded in 1278.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016