Given name & surname

Kidner

“kidney”

Kidner is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kidner goes back to Middle English kidenere, meaning “kidney.”

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Where it comes from

Kidner comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English kidenere (“kidney”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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surnames

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Middle English

Culpepper

“to cull, gather”

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Middle English

Conyer

“rabbit”

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Old English

Kilham

“kiln”

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Middle English

Laidler

“ladle”

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Middle English

Witter

“a bleacher, caulker, whitewasher”

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“hood”

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Sibling ideas

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