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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Old Norse personal name Keikr (from Old West Scandinavian keikr ‘bent backwards’).
  • German : nickname from Middle High German kec ‘lively’, ‘active’ (cognate of English quick), which later changed its meaning to ‘bold’, ‘forward’, ‘fresh’.

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