Corbyn

English

Alternative forms

Corbin

Etymology

An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹbɪn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːbɪn/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːbɘn/

Proper noun

Corbyn (plural Corbyns)

A surname.

Derived terms

References

^ Harrison, Henry (1912) “Corbin, Corbyn”, in Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, volume 1, Baltimore, Maryland: reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., published 1969, page 92, column 1: “(Fr.-Lat.) the Raven [O.Fr. corbin, Lat. corvin-us—corv-us, a raven]”

[1] Harrison, Henry (1912) “Corbin, Corbyn”, in Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, volume 1, Baltimore, Maryland: reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., published 1969, page 92, column 1: “(Fr.-Lat.) the Raven [O.Fr. corbin, Lat. corvin-us—corv-us, a raven]”

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