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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of the Dutch surname Kierstede, probably from a place in the Netherlands so named. Kier means ‘chink’ or ‘crack’, as in a slightly opened door.
  • Hans Kierstede was a barber-surgeon in New Amsterdam in the 17th century.

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