Dunbabin

English

Alternative forms

• Dunbobbin

Etymology

From Old English dunn (“black, dark coloured”) + Babin or Bobin, a hypocoristic form of Robin.

Proper noun

Dunbabin (plural Dunbabins)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dunbabin is the 31416^th most common surname in England, belonging to 114 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunbabin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 498.