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papin Name Meaning and History

  1. French: from Old French paper ‘to munch or eat’ (Late Latin pappare, in origin a nursery word); as a nickname its sense is uncertain, but possibly it referred to a glutton. The word papin also had the meaning ‘pap’, ‘pulp’.
  2. Dutch: from a pet form of an old Germanic personal name, Papo.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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papin Family Facts

Distribution of papin Families in the US in 1920
Number of papin families
 20-38
 7-19		 1-6
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Stephen Papin eldonms1 0
Linda Papin obit from NY 2006 laurarivers518 0
Joseph Alexandre Papin George Christian 4
Pierre Papin dit Baronet George Christian 4
PAPIN INFORMATION Jenny Papin 4
Researching Papin (Papien/Papineau), Bourgoin/Bourgoyne (Bergy), Kerwin (Kirwan) Shelle 2
Researching Papin (Papien/Papineau), Kerwin (Kirwan), Bourgoin/Bourgoyne (Bergy) Shelle 0
William Papin anne andersen 15
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Papin's in Canada myzenna 3
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