Kikoin (feminine: Kikoina) is a Russian Jewish family name. Its transliteration into French is Kikoïne. Some, including Konstantin Berkovich, son of Abram Kikoin, suggest that the surname originated from the name of an obscure biblical plant

kikayon Kikayon (קִיקָיוֹן ''qîqāyōn'') is the Hebrew name of a plant mentioned in the Biblical Book of Jonah. Origins The first use of the term ''kikayon'' is in the biblical book of ''Jonah'', Chapter 4. In the quote below, from the Jewish ...

. Konstantin claims that according to his genealogical research the surname ascends to a Gomel rabbi, who decided to change his mundane surname

Schmidt Schmidt may refer to: * Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname * Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer * Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater * Schmidt (Martian crater), a List of craters on ...

.Анна МИСЮК
Университант и лирофизик
''Migdal Times'', no. 122, 2013 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 Jacques Yankel, born Jakob Kikoïne (14 April 1920 – 2 April 2020) was a French painter, sculptor, and lithographer. Biography Five years after his sister, Claire, Yankel was born at the Boucicaut Hospital in Paris. His parents were Michel Kiko ...

(1920-2020), French painter, sculptor, and lithographer *

Michel Kikoine Michel Kikoïne ( be, Міхаіл Кікоін; russian: Михаил Кико́ин, ''Michail Kikóin''; 31 May 1892 – 4 November 1968) was a Lithuanian Jewish-French painter. Life Kikoine was born in Rechytsa, present-day Belarus. The ...

(1892-1968), Lithuanian-Jewish French painter * Gina Kikoine, also credited as Gina X, German singer and lyricist, the namesake of Gina_X_Performance,

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