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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German kirchenaere ‘sexton’, hence an occupational name for a priest, an assistant at a church, or the administrator of church property and possessions.
  • German and Czech : habitational name for someone from a place called Kirchen.

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