The flint Surname
flint Name Meaning and History
- English and German: topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint, Old English, Low German flint, or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual.
- Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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