Given name & surname

Payment

Payment is a surname from French.

Original FrenchPaiement

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Payment comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Payment as a surname developed from PAIEMENT.

Payment’s family of names

In English usage, Payment as a surname developed from the French form PAIEMENT. In English usage, Payment as a surname has a related form in PAIEMENT.

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