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Kerstein

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of the personal name Christian, with metathesis of the -r- and a folk-etymological component -stein ‘stone’, influenced by names such as Kirschstein ‘cherry stone’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Kirstein.

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