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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from an Old English personal name C̄ting, a derivative of C̄ta (see Kite).
  • Irish (of Norman origin) : Americanized form of Céitinn, a Gaelicized form of de Ketyng (probably a habitational name), which was taken to southern Ireland by Anglo-Norman settlers.

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