The lint Surname
lint Name Meaning and History
- English: metonymic occupational name for a dresser of flax, from Middle English lynet, lynt ‘flax’.
- Dutch: from a short form of a Germanic name formed with lind (see Linde 1).
- Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a linen weaver or merchant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Vehome H Lint |
 semprefiml16
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| Conrath Thomas Lint [Lind] [circa 1730] | George B. Lint [aka Flounder] | 14 |
| Catherine Linte / Lint of Farmanaghma Ireland |
oclarke11
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| FAMILY | Dan Lint | 2 |
| Robert W Lint or Robert E Lint |
Andrew Johnston
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| James A. Lint |
quilterspirit
| 3 |
| Toledo OH Frank Ten Eyck and May or Mae Lint |
lindabonnell13
| 4 |
| Lint adopted to Konigsmark |
OCD_problem
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| Conrath Thomas Lint [Lind] [circa 1730] |
dougdee1
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| Henry LINT - PA>Holmes Co., OH |
| 0 |
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