When Catharina Lein was christened on 18 July 1667, in Hesse, Holy Roman Empire, her father, Henrich Lein, was 29 and her mother, Anna Kirchhöfer, was 23.
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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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