Given name & surname
Kine
“of the royalty”
Kine is a variant of Kyne. One English interpretation is “of the royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kine is a variant of Kyne. One English interpretation is “of the royalty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kine is a variant of Kyne. An origin associated with Kyne is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Kine is a diminutive of Kristine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8
- 0 boys · 8 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 107 as a first name in 2020; 361 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kine’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Kine is a diminutive of Kristine. Kine has a related form in Kyne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kine
- Kine Beate BjørnåsNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1980
- Kine HellebustNorwegian actor, singer and composerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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