Given name & surname
Laffin
“descendant of Flaithimín”
Laffin is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laffin is a form of Lavin. Lavin goes back to Irish Ó Láimhín, meaning “descendant of Flaithimín.”
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Where it comes from
Laffin is a form of Lavin. Lavin comes from Irish, and ultimately from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Laffin’s family of names
In English usage, Laffin as a surname has a related form in Lavin. In Greek usage, Laffin as a surname is a transliteration of Λάφφιν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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