Tne meaning and origin of 'CLUBINE'
The Surname I am interested in is 'Clubine' and I was told that it is French/Huguenot. I am having a very difficult time in researching this surname. Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated.

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Maybe it's from the Norwegian first name Colbein (because Colbine and Culbine also exist...). Does Clubine rhyme with MEAN or with MINE?
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Come to think of it, Colbein is obviously the Norwegian form of Calvin, the French-born founder of the Calvinist movement, which in France was called Huguenot. So what you heard was right, and any Norwegian connection is probably only secundary. Calvin(-us) is the Latin translation of his real surname 'Chauvin', meaning bald. See www.behindthename.com
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Just a guess, but it looks like a alternate of Columbine ...from Latin, columba "dove" ...
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