Coffin

Coffin
Recorded in many forms including Caffin, Coffin, Caffyn, Chafen and Chaffin, this interesting name is English. It is however a Norman French introduction, after the 1066 Invasion, and is a medieval descriptive nickname. The original development is from "calrus" - a latin word meaning, "bald", through the later French, "chauf" plus the diminutive ending "-in" - a short form of kin. This gives a meaning 'The son of the Bald One'. The name development has included: Henry Coffyn of Somerset in the year 1273, Richard Caffyn in the Pipe Rolls of Sussex for 1327, and later Thomas Chafyn, in the Register of Oxford University in 1505. In 1788 Thomas Coffin married Agatha Waterman at St George's Chapel, Hanover Square, London, whilst in 1794 John Caffin and Isabella Blandell, were married at the same place. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Richard Chaufin. This was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls" of the city of Nottingham, during the reign of King Edward 1st of England, 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Coffin — Cof fin (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, n.] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. [1913 Webster] They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coffin — (n.) early 14c., chest or box for valuables, from O.Fr. cofin sarcophagus, earlier basket, coffer (12c., Mod.Fr. coffin), from L. cophinus basket, hamper (Cf. It. cafano, Sp. cuebano basket ), from Gk. kophinos a basket, of uncertain origin.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Coffin — Cof fin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coffined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coffining}.] To inclose in, or as in, a coffin. [1913 Webster] Would st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home? Shak. [1913 Webster] Devotion is not coffined in a cell. John Hall… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • coffin — ● coffin nom masculin (baslatin cophinus, du grec kophinos, corbeille) Étui contenant de l eau, dans lequel le faucheur met la pierre à aiguiser. coffin [kɔfɛ̃] n. m. ÉTYM. XIIIe; du bas lat. cophinus, grec kophinos « panier ». → Couffin. ❖ ♦… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • coffin — ► NOUN ▪ a long, narrow box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. ► VERB (coffined, coffining) ▪ place in a coffin. ORIGIN Old French cofin little basket , from Greek kophinus basket …   English terms dictionary

  • coffin — [kôf′in, käf′in] n. [ME & OFr cofin, basket, coffer < L cophinus < Gr kophinos, a basket] 1. the case or box in which a dead body is buried 2. the horny part of a horse s hoof vt. to put into or as if into a coffin …   English World dictionary

  • Coffin [1] — Coffin (spr. Koffeng), 1) Cap an der Nordostküste der Sundainsel Celebes; 2) Eiland an der Westküste von Madagascar, merkwürdig, weil um dasselbe die Meerestiefe zwischen 7 bis 160 Faden wechselt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Coffin [2] — Coffin (spr. Koffeng), Charles, geb. 1676 in Buzanci, st. 1749 als Rector der Hochschule in Paris; dichtete u.a. mehrere Hymnen für das Brevier von Paris u. die berühmte Ode auf den Champagner; Oeuvres, Par. 1755, 2 Bde …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Coffin — Nom surtout porté dans la Somme, également présent dans le Cher. Désigne par métonymie le fabricant ou le marchand de coffins, corbeilles ou paniers d osier (bas latin cophinum, emprunté au grec). Le métier est également présent sous la forme… …   Noms de famille

  • coffin — see casket …   Modern English usage

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