German: from the female personal name Kinne, a Silesian
pet form of Middle High German Kunigunde, composed of the Old
High German elements kuoni ‘brave’ + gund
‘battle’.
Dutch: from Middle Dutch kinne ‘relative’,
possibly denoting someone who was the relative of a prominent
person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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