The lein Surname
lein Name Meaning and History
- from a short form of the personal name Gelein, from French Ghi(s)lain, a Latinization of a Germanic personal name built on the element gisil ‘pledge’ (see Giesel).
- German: occupational name for a grower of or dealer in flax, from Middle High German lin ‘flax’.
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in Trøndelag, so named from Old Norse lein ‘slope’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 32 - Messages: 89
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Lein | WGF | 2 |
| Leihn/Lein family Norway>Australia | joanne | 1 |
| Ragna Lein | Chessica Hauge | 1 |
| Lein's from Norway to Chicago | Gigi | 17 |
| LEIN, |
 lbonstein5135
| 1 |
| Amund P & Mary Lein (1881) |
sharrycrna
| 4 |
| Ole Lein | Lori | 4 |
| Anna Lein Jorgenson |
missmiki
| 2 |
| Johann Peter Lein in N.Y. ~ 1710 |
BasketLady420
| 0 |
| Bleidenrod, Germany | Rhonda Fisher | 0 |
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