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Name Kind
Type Surname (from nickname)
Other Forms FormsKint
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Meaning & History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) from Middle High German kint, German Kind ‘child’, hence a nickname for someone with a childish or naive disposition, or an epithet used to distinguish between a father and his son. In some cases it may be a short form of any of various names ending in -kind, a patronymic ending of Jewish surnames.
Dutch variant spelling of Kint, also found in such forms as as Jongkind.
English nickname from Middle English kind (Old English gecynde) in any of its many senses, ‘legitimate’, ‘dutiful’, ‘benevolent’, ‘loving’, ‘gracious’.
Dutch variant spelling of Kint, also found in such forms as as Jongkind.
English nickname from Middle English kind (Old English gecynde) in any of its many senses, ‘legitimate’, ‘dutiful’, ‘benevolent’, ‘loving’, ‘gracious’.