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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Killing, a variant of Kilian or Kille (see Killey).
  • Possibly an altered form of Swiss German Külling, a variant of Küllig, itself a derivative of Kille (see Killey), or a topographic name from South German gülle ‘swamp’, ‘dung puddle’.

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