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Surname Etymology and Meaning of FLAVIN

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Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimhín and Ó Flaitheamháin ‘descendant of Flaithimhín and Flaitheamhán’. Both personal names are from diminutives of flaith(eamh) ‘prince’, ‘ruler’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)