English: from a Middle English personal name, Kin,
Kinna, which is a shortened form of any of various Old English
names beginning with Cyne ‘royal’, for example Cynesige
(see Kinsey).Dutch: nickname for someone with a
pointed or jutting chin.Dutch: from Middle Dutch kinne
‘kin’.Hungarian: nickname from kín
‘pain’.Variant of Korean Kim.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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