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The kuehn Surname

kuehn Name Meaning and History

  1. from a short form of any of the medieval German names containing as a first element Old High German kuoni ‘bold’, ‘daring’, ‘experienced’, or chunni ‘tribe’, ‘race’, ‘people’. The distinction became blurred at an early date. By far the most common such name is Konrad.
  2. In some cases, no doubt, it is a nickname derived directly from Middle High German küene ‘bold’.

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Distribution of kuehn Families in the US in 1920
Number of kuehn families
 50-98
 17-49
 1-16
 0
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