The kiehn Surname
kiehn Name Meaning and History
- South German (Bavaria, Austria, Saxony): from the personal name Kiehn, a variant of Kuehn.
- North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a standing of pines, from Middle Low German kien ‘pinewood spill’, ‘pine cone’, or alternatively a metronymic from the female personal name Kunigunde.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| KIEHN Melvin 1911-1995 |
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| KIEHN Marjorie HALBERT 1911-1986 |
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| KIEHN | Terry Kiehn | 21 |
| Death of Mrs. Mary A. Kiehn in China |
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| Christian Kiehn m Maria Gehrke, West Prussia, Germany > family to Minnesota mid to late 1800s |
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| Kiehn's in Oklahoma | Christina Gearhart (Kiehn) | 1 |
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