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PAYNE
SOURCE:
Given Name
USAGE:
Irish
,
Scottish
,
English
Meaning & History
Means "villager, rustic" and later "heathen" from the Middle English
Payn
, Old French
Paien
which was often given to children whose baptism had been postponed or adults whose religious zeal was lacking.
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