Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A Scottish surname. · A male given name transferred from the surname. · A female given name from surname. · A town in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4250).
* As a Scottish surname, from the placename in Moray, Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic Cèith, meaning "wood" or "from the battleground," which is probably borrowed from Pictish *ᚉᚓᚈ (cēt) meaning "wood", or a forest, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd. * As a German surname, from Middle High German kit (“sprout, offspring”); compare Middle High German kint.
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