Lavin

• Laffin

Various origins:

• A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Láimhín, variant of Ó Flaithimhín (“descendant of Flaithimín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of flaith (“ruler”).
• English metronymic surname from the medieval female given name Lavina, from Latin Lavinia.
• Borrowed from Spanish Lavín, a habitational surname from a place near Santander.
• Respelling of Lavigne.

Lavin (plural Lavins)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lavin is the 5224^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6679 individuals. Lavin is most common among White (86.08%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.85%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lavin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.

• Alvin, Vilna, anvil, nival, vinal