Joplin.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place in the United States: A city in Jasper County and Newton County, Missouri.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Liberty County, Montana.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jack County, Texas.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Where this word comes from
English surname, from Jobelin (“stupid man, fool”), a diminutive of the biblical name Job, with a negative association of patience with lethargy and stupidity.
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