Kleijn

Kleijn is a Dutch surname meaning "small". The ij digraph is often replaced with a "y" (Kleyn).[1] Among variant forms are De Kleijn, Kleijne, Klein, Kleine, and Klijn. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Antoinette Kleyn-Ockerse (1762–1828), Dutch poet, mother of Pieter Rudolph Kleijn
  • Arvid de Kleijn (born 1994), Dutch racing cyclist
  • Eelke Kleijn (born 1983), Dutch producer and DJ
  • Jan Kleyn (1925–2009), Dutch sprinter
  • Jean Kleyn (born 1993), South African rugby player
  • Matthijs Kleyn (born 1979), Dutch television presenter, novelist, and tabloid journalist
  • Pieter Rudolph Kleijn (1785–1816), Dutch landscape painter, son of Antoinette Kleijn-Ockerse

See also
  • Leo Klejn (born 1927), Russian archaeologist, anthropologist and philologist
  • Klajn

References
  1. Kleijn (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
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