title: Kleijn
text: # 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
  