The carlin Surname
carlin Name Meaning and History
- Irish (now also common in Scotland): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cairealláin, an Ulster family name, also sometimes Anglicized as Carlton, meaning ‘descendant of Caireallán’, a diminutive of the personal name Caireall.
- French: from a pet form of Charles.
- Swedish: probably a habitational name from any of various places named with Karl- or from the personal name + -in, a common suffix of Swedish family names (originally Latin -inus ‘descendant of’).
- Italian (Venice): from a pet form of the personal name Carlo, Italian form of Charles.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Karlin.
- German: habitational name from Carlin in Brandenburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Anne Carlin |
 JaniceFriel28
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| Anthony Carlin & Anna Munnelly |
mkate
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| Death of Stephen A. Carlin, Mobile, AL 1909 |
charbmoore1
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| PA Carlin's -- manayunk area | John Carlin | 13 |
| Carlin Brogan Tyrone |
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| Stanley Carlin | Sue Bernstein | 18 |
| CARLIN and LYNCH, Londonderry> Greenock, Scotland |
AnneRutherford77
| 3 |
| Carling Family Tree |
LarryCarling
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| pennsylvania | Kathleen Carlin | 21 |
| JANE CARLINE |
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