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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CORBIN

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(origin: Local) The name of a place in Glencreran, Scotland, signifying a steep hill, from the Gaelic Cor-beann or Cor-beinn.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. French and English: nickname meaning ‘little crow’, ‘raven’, from Old French, Middle English corbin, a diminutive of corb. Compare Corbett.
2. English: possibly also a Norman habitational name from places in Calvados and Orne, France, named Corbon.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)