Kleijn
# Kleijn

Kleijn is a Dutch surname meaning "small". The ij digraph is often replaced with a "y" (Kleyn). Among variant forms are De Kleijn, Kleijne, Klein, Kleine, and Klijn. Notable people with the surname include:

* Antoinette Kleyn-Ockerse (1762–1828), Dutch poet, mother of Pieter Rudolph Kleijn
* Arvid de Kleijn (born 1994), Dutch racing cyclist
* Eelke Kleijn (born 1983), Dutch producer and DJ
* Jan Kleyn (1925–2009), Dutch sprinter
* Jean Kleyn (born 1993), South African rugby player
* Matthijs Kleyn (born 1979), Dutch television presenter, novelist, and tabloid journalist
* Pieter Rudolph Kleijn (1785–1816), Dutch landscape painter, son of Antoinette Kleijn-Ockerse
