The story
- Spanish · borrowed fromLavín
- Latin · derived fromLavinia
- Irish · derived fromÓ Láimhín
- English todayLavin
Various origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Láimhín, variant of Ó Flaithimhín (“descendant of Flaithimín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of flaith (“ruler”). * English metronymic surname from the medieval female given name Lavina, from Latin Lavinia. * Borrowed from Spanish Lavín, a habitational surname from a place near Santander. * Respelling of Lavigne.
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.