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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from Killingen, a place near Ellwangen (Baden-Württemberg), thought to be so named from association with Saint Kilian.
  • German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name cognate with Gilbert (see Killey).

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