as a Last Name
- 4,552
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Pepin
Meaning & Origins
French (Pépin) and English: from the Old French personal name Pepis, oblique case Pepin (introduced to Britain by the Normans). Of uncertain origin, it was borne by several Frankish kings, most notably Pepin le Bref, father of Charlemagne, and remained popular throughout the early Middle Ages. Reaney and Wilson suggest that late-formed examples of the English surname may alternatively be from Old French pepin, pipin ‘seed of a fruit’, and thus a metonymic occupational name for a gardener or grower of fruit trees. This surname is also established in northwest Germany, around Cologne.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,552
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Pepin per capita
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