Given name & surname · also Middle English

Kille

Kille is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kille has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Middle English; as a German surname, it comes from German Kille.

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Kille’s family of names

In English usage, Kille as a surname has a related form in Kilian. In English usage, Kille as a surname has a related form in KILL.

Walk Kille’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Kille, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Kyrre

“the peaceful one” · “the calm, the peaceful”

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Old Norse

Kirkby

Kirkby is a surname from Old Norse.

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Old Norse

Killingbeck

“brook, creek”

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Old English

Cartledge

“rocky ground”

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Old English

Calthorpe

“village”

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Old Norse

Kuula

Kuula is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Finnish.

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Old Norse

Källi

Källi is a surname, possibly from Old Swedish, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Finnish.

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Old Norse

Couse

Couse is a surname from Old Norse.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Kille’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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