as a Last Name
- 4,377
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Kiel
Meaning & Origins
German (common in the north of Germany and around Hamburg): 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 kil ‘wedge’, the word from which the city derives its name. Alternatively, it may be from the same word applied as a nickname to denote a crude person.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,377
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Kiel per capita
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