The kinghorn Surname
kinghorn Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from Kinghorn in Fife. This is recorded
as Kyngorn in 1374; it is named in Gaelic from ceann
‘head’, ‘height’ + gronna ‘bog’. The modern spelling is the
result of folk etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| All Kinghorns in Scotland |
 eileenharrop
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| George Kinghorn | Bob Kinghorn | 7 |
| Three brothers | Stephen Kinghorn | 4 |
| Marion Kinghorn, Leith, Midlothian |
lfod
| 17 |
| KINGHORNs in South Africa |
SheenaMI
| 19 |
| alan john david hunter kinghorn -edinburgh???(1900-1910)- |
kath_kinghorn
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| relatives of George Ferry Kinghorn & Viola Lee Dickens | Sharon Dickens Vineyard | 1 |
| Kinghorns in South Africa |
eileenharrop
| 0 |
| DAVIE | deidre kinghorn | 0 |
| David Kinghorn of Minnesota |
JenniferHobbs500
| 10 |
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