The keim Surname
keim Name Meaning and History
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name kayem. This is an apotropaic name, given to a sickly child, based on the Hebrew adjective qayom ‘tough’, ‘enduring’.
- German (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg): from Middle High German kime ‘sprout’, ‘shoot’, ‘offspring’, sometimes used as a personal name, or from a pet form of Joachim.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Emanuel B. Keim |
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| Maria Keim of Berks County, PA | Carrie Yoder | 35 |
| Keim from Wuerttemberg |
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| Jacob Keihm b. 1861 Pennsylvania |
Christinekeihm
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| Harry D Keim, born Jun 1857 Philadelphia, PA | Charles | 6 |
| Work being done on " Keim " | Jerry B. Wright | 50 |
| Obit: Forrest Leon Keim of Kansas (1944-2008) |
wilsonje19
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| George C Kime |
Edward_Griffith
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| Conrad Keim, 1734-1776 |
cindykimes
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| Johann Peter Keim - Germany to St. Clair Co, IL |
KAKoehler
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