English and French: metonymic occupational name for a basket maker,
from Old French cof(f)in ‘basket’ (Late Latin cophinus,
Greek kophinos). The modern English word coffin is a
specialized development of this term, not attested until the 16th
century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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