Kikoin Explained

Kikoin (feminine: Kikoina) is a Russian Jewish family name. Its transliteration into French is Kikoïne.^[1] Some, including Konstantin Berkovich, son of Abram Kikoin, suggest that the surname originated from the name of an obscure biblical plant kikayon. Konstantin claims that according to his genealogical research the surname ascends to a Gomel rabbi, who decided to change his mundane surname Schmidt.^{[2] [3]} Notable people with the surname include:

• (1914-1999), Lithuanian Jewish and Soviet physicist
• (born 1977), French actress
• (born 1946), French film director and producer
• Isaak Kikoin (1908-1984), Lithuanian Jewish and Soviet physicist
• Jakob Kikoïne, birth name of Jacques Yankel (1920-2020), French painter, sculptor, and lithographer
• Michel Kikoine (1892-1968), Lithuanian-Jewish French painter
• Gina Kikoine, also credited as Gina X, German singer and lyricist, the namesake of Gina_X_Performance,

See also

• Mordechai Kikayon

Notes and References

1. https://avotaynuonline.com/2007/04/some-issues-in-ashkenazic-name-searches-by-alexander-beider/ "Some Issues in Ashkenazic Name Searches"
2. Konstantin Kikoin, МЛАДШИЙ БРАТ ("Younger Brother"), Notices in Jewish History, no. 24, 2003, biographical notes about Abram Kikoin
3. Анна МИСЮК, Университант и лирофизик, Migdal Times, no. 122, 2013