Kleijn Family Crest and Last Name Background

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Meaning of the name

It is easy to miss Kleijn in an index if you only search for Klein. In origin, the name means “Small or young”.

Before spelling was fixed, Klein was also written Kleijn. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Kleins, Kleine and Kleiner.

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