The papin Surname
papin Name Meaning and History
- 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’.
- 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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| William Edward Papin | Anne Andersen | 11 |
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| Pierre Papin dit Baronet | George Christian | 4 |
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| Researching Papin (Papien/Papineau), Bourgoin/Bourgoyne (Bergy), Kerwin (Kirwan) | Shelle | 2 |
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