French (Lépine): topographic name from Old French
espine ‘thorn bush’ (Latin spina); or a habitational
name from any of several places called Épine or l’Épine, named
with this word. Occasionally the name may derive from the same word
used in a transferred sense of the crest or ridge of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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