Last name: KUHN

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KUHN : This last name is indexed 373,997 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

KUHN : 1: German: from the personal name Kuno a short form of Kunrat (see Konrad). The German word kühn meaning ‘bold’ may have influenced the popularity of this short form but is not necessarily the immediate source of it.2: German (Kühn): cognate of 1 above; see Kuehn.3: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German kühn ‘bold’; compare 1 above.4: Jewish (Ashkenazic): altered form of Cohn or Kohn (see Cohen).

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