Kinman Family History
Kinman Name Meaning
English: either an occupational name for a cowherd from Middle English kineman ‘herdsman’ (Old English cȳna genitive plural of cū ‘cow’ + mann ‘man’) or from a Middle English personal name Kineman Keneman (Old English Cynemann from cyne- ‘royal’ + mann ‘man’). Americanized form of German Kinnemann of its cognate Kühnemann (see Kinnaman ) or perhaps of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022