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[Facts] Anyone know the correct origin of Kyna?
I've seen a few different sites, say it's Irish, and others say it's English, and others say it's Gaelic.Anyone know what the correct origin it is from please?

This message was edited 8/6/2010, 6:53 PM

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I can tell you that it's definitely not Gaelic. Gaelic has no letter K or letter Y in the alphabet. My guess is that Kyna may be a modern coinage, based on names like Kyra, Kyla etc. as possibly a feminine form of Kynan. It seems to be most popular in Australia, where Kynan seems to be more popular than anywhere else.
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