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English
English : variant of Kendall.
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English
English : nickname for a kindly person, from Middle English gode ‘good’ + herte ‘heart’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Gothard or Swiss Gutherz, a nickname for a charitable person, from Middle High German guot ‘good’ + herze ‘heart’.
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English
English : nickname probably for a tenant whose feudal obligations included a regular payment in cash or kind (for example bread or salt) of a halfpenny.
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English
English : variant of Kendall.Variant of German Kindel.
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German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle High German mezzer ‘knife’, from Old High German mezzirahs, mezzisahs, a compound of maz ‘food’, ‘meat’ + sahs ‘knife’, ‘sword’. The Jewish name is from German Messer ‘knife’ or Yiddish meser.German : occupational name for an official in charge of measuring the dues paid in kind by tenants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mezzen ‘to measure’.English and Scottish : occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, Middle English, Older Scots mess(i)er, from Old French messier (see Messier).
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, of unknown etymology (probably a pre-English hill name, but the form is obscure).German : from the genitive plural of Kind ‘child’, possibly denoting someone who had a lot of children, as in Hans der Kinder ‘Hans of the children’ (Eisleben 15th century), or short for some compound such as Kindervater ‘male midwife’ or Kinderfreund ‘one who likes children’.German : variant of Günther (see Guenther).
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English
English : probably a variant of Kendrick.
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English
English : nickname for an amiable person, also perhaps sometimes given in an ironical sense, from Middle English luvelich, loveli (Old English luflic). During the main period of surname formation the word was used in an active sense, ‘loving’, ‘kind’, ‘affectionate’, as well as the passive ‘lovable’, ‘worthy of love’. The meaning ‘attractive’, ‘beautiful’ is not clearly attested before the 14th century, and remained rare throughout the Middle Ages.New England Americanized form of French Lavallée (see Lavallee) or a similar name.
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Scottish
Scottish : variant of Halkett, which is probably a habitational name from the lands of Halkhead in Renfrewshire, named with Middle English hauk, halk ‘hawk’ + wude ‘wood’.English (mainly central England) : from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack, Hake (see Hake).English : from Middle English haket, a kind of fish, hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.Irish : when it is not the English name, this may also be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eachaidh (see Caughey, McGaffey).
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English
English : from Middle English kichel, a diminutive of kake ‘cake’, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a baker of small cakes of a kind given by godparents to their godchildren when they asked for a blessing.
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English and French
English and French : occupational name for a farm bailiff, responsible for overseeing the collection of rent in kind into the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This official had the Anglo-Norman French title grainger, Old French grangier, from Late Latin granicarius, a derivative of granica ‘granary’ (see Grange).
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English
English : variant of Kendall.Americanized spelling of German Kindel.Swedish : ornamental name formed with the place-name element kind- ‘family’, ‘tribe’ + the adjectival suffix -ell, taken from the Latin adjectival ending -elius.
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English (mainly West Country)
English (mainly West Country) : nickname for a pleasant and affable man, from Middle English hende ‘courteous’, ‘kind’, ‘gentle’. Hendy was also sometimes used as a personal name in the Middle Ages and some examples of the surname may derive from this rather than from the nickname. The surname is also found in Ireland.
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English
English : nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ + saule, soule ‘soul’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Gutseel or Gutsell; like 1, these are a nickname for a kindly person (literally ‘good soul’). Alternatively, it could be a reduced Americanized form of south German Gutgsell, a nickname or journeyman’s name, from gut ‘good’ + Gesell(e) ‘fellow’, ‘journeyman’.
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English
English : occupational name for someone who bred and trained hawks, Middle English haueker (an agent derivative of haueke ‘hawk’). Hawking was a major medieval sport, and the provision and training of hawks for a feudal lord was a not uncommon obligation in lieu of rent. The right of any free man to keep hawks for his own use was conceded in Magna Carta (though social status determined what kind of bird someone could keep, the kestrel being the lowest grade).
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English
English : of uncertain origin; it may be from the thieves’ slang term kinchin ‘child’, which is probably a derivative of German Kindchen, diminutive of Kind ‘child’.Americanized form of Kindchen or more probably of Rhenish Kindgen (pronounced ‘kintshen’), both diminutives of Kind.
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English
English : variant spelling of Kendall.South German : possibly from Kindel or Kindl (from a diminutive of Middle High German kint ‘child’), a nickname for a childish or childlike person.Possibly an altered spelling of German Kendler, variant of Kandler.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname or occupational name for someone who hunted hares, or who was thought to resemble a breed of dog used in hunting hares.English and Scottish : nickname for someone thought to resemble a harrier, a kind of hawk, Middle English harrower.English and Scottish : nickname for a raider or plunderer, from an agent noun derived from Middle English herian, Old English her(g)ian ‘to harry’, ‘plunder’, ‘ravage’.
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English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh
English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh : variant of Kendrick.
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German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German kint, German Kind ‘child’, hence a nickname for someone with a childish or naive disposition, or an epithet used to distinguish between a father and his son. In some cases it may be a short form of any of various names ending in -kind, a patronymic ending of Jewish surnames.Dutch : variant spelling of Kint, cognate with 1, also found in such forms as ’t Kind and compounds such as Jongkind.English : nickname from Middle English kind (Old English gecynde) in any of its many senses: ‘legitimate’, ‘dutiful’, ‘benevolent’, ‘loving’, ‘gracious’.
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v. t.
To set on fire; to cause to burn with flame; to ignite; to cause to begin burning; to start; to light; as, to kindle a match, or shavings.
adv.
In a kind manner; congenially; with good will; with a disposition to make others happy, or to oblige.
a.
Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.
a.
The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.
superl.
Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
n.
One who, or that which, kindles, stirs up, or sets on fire.
a.
Destitute of kindness; unnatural.
n.
Humane; congenial; sympathetic; hence, disposed to do good to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc.
n.
According to the kind or nature; natural.
n.
Softness; mildness; propitiousness; as, kindliness of weather, or of a season.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. t.
Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame.
a.
Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.
n.
One who teaches in a kindergarten.
a.
A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.
n.
The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.
imp. & p. p.
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a.
Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
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Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.
n.
The quality or state of being kindly; benignity; benevolence; gentleness; tenderness; as, kindliness of disposition, of treatment, or of words.