English Explanatory Dictionary

Chaffin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Word forms

Chaffin Chaffins Caffyn Chafen

Etymology

A nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf (“bald”).

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