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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : Nickname for a carefree person, from Middle High German klein ‘small’, ‘little’ + sorge ‘worry’, ‘concern’.
  • German : Habitational name from Kleinsorge in the former East Prussia, named as a resort meaning ‘few worries’, ‘without a care’.

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