Given name & surname · also French
Pepin
“an awe-inspiring woman”
Pepin is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “an awe-inspiring woman” (French) and “a determined man; a petitioner Peppin, Pерyn, Pеpруn, Pерun, Pеppun,” (German). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original FrenchPépin
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “an awe-inspiring woman” (French) and “a determined man; a petitioner Peppin, Pерyn, Pеpруn, Pерun, Pеppun,” (German). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with French and German naming traditions.
Pepin’s family of names
Pepin has a related form in Pepan. Pepin has a related form in Pepen. Pepin has a related form in Pepine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Pippinvariant
- Peppivariant
- Peppeavariant
- Peppeevariant
- Peppyvariant
- Peppeyvariant
- Peppievariant
- Peppenvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pepin
- Pepin of HerstalMayor of the Palace (635-714)645–714
- Pepin I of Aquitaine9th-century Frankish king797–838
- Pepin the HunchbackFrankish prince, son of Charlemagne770–811
- Pepin II of AquitaineFrankish king823
- Pepin I of Vermandois9th-century Count of Vermandois815–900
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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