Etymology

Philbin

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Mac Philbín
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Philbín
  2. English todayPhilbin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Philbín, a patronymic from a Gaelic pet form of the personal name Philip.

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Philbín all →

McPhilbin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.