When Johann Heinrich Lein was christened on 25 August 1671, in Hesse, Holy Roman Empire, his father, Henrich Lein, was 33 and his mother, Anna Kirchhoefer, was 34. He died on 7 February 1672, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Juergen, Kurt, Oskar, Otto.
German: occupational name for a grower of or dealer in flax, from Middle High German līn ‘flax’. Compare Line .
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in Trøndelag named with Old Norse lein ‘slope’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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