When Inger Marie Christensdatter Kiil was born on 7 August 1838, in Vesterø, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark, her father, Christen Bach Joergensen Kiil, was 27 and her mother, Anne Marie Jensdatter, was 24. She died on 6 July 1839, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Vesterø, Læsø, Hjørring, Denmark.
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1811–1845 Male
1814–1847 Female
1834–1915 Female
1836–1903 Female
1838–1839 Female
1840–1912 Male
North German: in some cases, probably a habitational name from the city of Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein, but more likely a topographic name for someone living by a long narrow bay or area of sheltered water, from Middle Low German kīl ‘wedge’, the word from which the city derives its name.
German: from Middle Low German, Middle High German kīl ‘wedge’, applied as a metonymic occupational name or as a pejorative nickname for a ruffian or a bumbler.
German and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Kilian .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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