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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : of uncertain origin; probably a variant of Kerstein, itself a variant of Kirst.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : of uncertain origin; perhaps an ornamental name composed of German Gerst ‘barley’ + Stein ‘stone’.

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