Chaplin.
A surname originating as an occupation.
Meaning & usage
A surname originating as an occupation.
A place name: A number of places in the United States A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
A place name: A number of places in the United States An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
A place name: A number of places in the United States An unincorporated community and coal town in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
A place name: A number of places in Canada A community in Halifax regional municipality, Nova Scotia.
A place name: A number of places in Canada A rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Chaplin No. 164.
A place name: A number of places in Canada A village in the Rural Municipality of Chaplin, Saskatchewan
Where this word comes from
An occupational surname for a chaplain, from Middle English and Old French chapelain.
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