"Chaffin" meaning in All languages combined

See Chaffin on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Chaffins [plural]
Etymology: A nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf (“bald”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|chaffin}} Middle English chaffin, {{der|en|fro|chauf||bald}} Old French chauf (“bald”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Chaffins}} Chaffin (plural Chaffins)
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname. Synonyms: Caffyn, Chafen, Chaffins

Inflected forms

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