Kleijn is a Dutch surname meaning "small". The ij digraph is often replaced with a "y" ("Kleyn").[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Arvid de Kleijn (born 1994), Dutch racing cyclist
- Eelke Kleijn (born 1983), Dutch producer and DJ
- Jetty Kleijn (born 1955), Dutch computer scientist
- Pieter Rudolph Kleijn (1785–1816), Dutch landscape painter, son of Antoinette Kleijn-Ockerse
See also
- All pages with titles containing Kleijn
References
- ^ Kleijn (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
Surnames derived from the words "little", "small" | ||
|---|---|---|
| English |  | |
| Other Germanic | ||
| Romance | ||
| Slavic | ||
| Other | ||