The kile Surname
kile Name Meaning and History
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of thirteen farmsteads name Kile, from Old Norse kíll ‘wedge’, by extension ‘narrow bay’, ‘inlet’.
- Topographic name of Dutch origin denoting someone who lived close by a salt-water creek or area of sheltered water, kil.
- Respelling of German Keil.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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