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Definition: A descriptive surname often bestowed on someone of short or petite stature, from the German "klein" or Yiddish "kleyn," meaning little.
Surname Origin:
German, Jewish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
CLEIN, KLINE
More Resources for the Surname KLEIN :
Little-Klein-Cline-Kline Y-Chromosome Project Surname Finder - KLEIN Genealogy & Family Resources KLEIN Surname & Family Mailing List KLEIN Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - KLEIN Genealogy German Genealogy Cousin Connect - KLEIN Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - KLEIN Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - KLEIN Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
