Last name: KITE
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KITE : This last name is indexed 40,976 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KITE : 1: English: nickname from Middle English kete kyte ‘kite’ (the bird of prey) perhaps a nickname for a rapacious person.3: Americanized form of German Keith.2: English: habitational name from one or more of the minor places with names deriving from Old English cȳte cyte ‘cottage hut shed’ such as Kite Farm in Swalecliffe (Kent).
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