Clyne Family History
Clyne Name Meaning
Irish (Roscommon and Longford): variant of (Mac)Kilcline an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chlaoin ‘son of the servant (i.e. devotee) of Chlaon’ a byname from claon ‘deceitful’. Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called Clyne from Gaelic claon ‘slope’. Americanized form of German Dutch and Jewish Klein .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022