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Surname Etymology and Meaning of SKEEN

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Scottish: habitational name from Skene in Aberdeenshire, named with Gaelic sceathan ‘thorn bush’.
2. variant of Irish Skehan.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)