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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) and French : topographic name from Old French molin ‘mill’.
  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from a place in France called Moline(s).
  • Swedish : ornamental name from mo ‘sandy heath’ + the common ornamental suffix -lin.
  • In some cases, possibly Italian, a variant of Molino.

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