Frequency: (198)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: occupational name, probably for a goatherd (from Middle English kid(e) ‘young goat’ + man ‘man’), but possibly also for a cutter of faggots (from Middle English kidde ‘faggot’).
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Georg, Kurt.
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