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Origin and popularity of the name FLINT

Origin

Flint : 1: English and German: topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint (from Old and Middle English Low German flint) or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual metaphorically as hard as flint.2: Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.3: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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    Variants of name FLINT

    FLINCK FLINK VLINK FLYNT