Submitted Surname Revision History

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3/27/2020, 8:04 AM Marusero
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5/14/2018, 4:03 AM Marusero
3/29/2016, 6:32 AM anonymous

Name Chapin
Type Surname (from nickname & from occupation)
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

From a reduced form of French eschapin or Spanish chapín, a term for a light (woman's) shoe; perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker.
Added 3/29/2016 by anonymous