The Palin Surname
Palin Name Meaning and History
- Welsh: Anglicized form of the Welsh patronymic ap Heilyn ‘son of Heilyn’, which is probably a derivative of a word meaning ‘to serve at table’.
- English: habitational name from Palling in Norfolk or Poling in Sussex. These were named in Old English with the personal names Pælli and Pal respectively, + -ingas ‘followers of’, ‘dependants of’.
- French: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Looking for descendents of JOSEPH PALIN in Canada/USA |
 cicelyfoster36
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| William Palin |
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| Palins in Cheshire | Susan Fairchild | 8 |
| Palins in London |
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| Joseph & Amelia PALIN. |
cicelyfoster36
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| Have some tree information | Lilli Killeen | 9 |
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| Palin family | Terry A. Palin | 61 |
| PALIN of Ashley | David Barnes | 6 |
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