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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : patronymic from the personal name Aquin, which is either from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements agi- ‘point (of a sword)’ + win ‘friend’, or possibly a much later coinage bestowed in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas (see Aquino).

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