English: of uncertain origin; it may be from the thieves’ slang
term kinchin ‘child’, which is probably a derivative of German
Kindchen, diminutive of Kind ‘child’.
Americanized form of Kindchen or more probably of Rhenish
Kindgen (pronounced ‘kintshen’), both diminutives of
Kind.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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