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Kievit

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : nickname from kievit ‘peewit’, ‘lapwing’ (of onomatopoeic origin), an extremely common bird of coastal marshlands.
  • Altered spelling of German cognates Kiewitt or Kiwitt.

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