Kincaid is a Scottish surname derived from a place name meaning "head of the pass" or "steep place." It functions as both a family name and occasionally as a given name.
The name appears in various fictional characters across literature, film, and television, perhaps most notably in Jamaica Kincaid, the Antiguan-American novelist.
The Kincaids have lived in this valley for generations.
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Kincaid is a Scottish surname derived from a place name meaning "head of the pass" or "steep place." It functions as both a family name and occasionally as a given name.
The name appears in various fictional characters across literature, film, and television, perhaps most notably in Jamaica Kincaid, the Antiguan-American novelist.
The Kincaids have lived in this valley for generations.
1. surname — clan, Related group sharing ancestry; Scotland (Northern British nation); Scottish (Of that northern kingdom); tartan (Patterned clan fabric); Highlands · Gaelic · crest · kilt · bagpipes · thistle · loch · glen · Celtic · plaid
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Kincaid