Kamin Family History
Kamin Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of the places called Kamin Kammin Camin and Cammin all in the eastern part of Germany or Poland. German: topographic name for someone who lived at a house with a conspicuous chimney Middle High German kamin kemin ‘chimney fireplace stove’ (from Latin caminus). German: probably also a metonymic occupational name for a spice dealer from Middle Low German kamīn ‘caraway’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kamen . American shortened form of Jewish and Polish Kaminski Kamiński or Kaminsky .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022