Tobin
Tóibín · of Saint Aubyn
Tobin is Tóibín in Irish, said toh-BEEN, and means of Saint Aubyn.
Norman, from de Saint Aubin, worn down to Tóibín in Irish mouths until nothing of the saint is left. The family were in Tipperary within a century of the invasion.
How it changes
- A man: Tóibín
- His daughter: Thóibín
- A woman who married into it: Bean Thóibín
- The family together: Thóibín
Where it comes from
Tipperary and Kilkenny
Also spelt
Tobin, Tobyn, Tobbin
A name, not a pedigree
This is where the name came from, which is not the same as where you came from. Names were translated, anglicised, taken on by tenants and neighbours, and carried in by settlers who were no relation to the family that started them. To follow your own line, the 1901 and 1911 censuses are free and searchable, and give the county each person was born in.