Släkthistoria för Eapen
Eapen Vad efternamn betyder
Indian (mainly Kerala and Karnataka): from a shortened form of the personal name Esthappan the Malayalam form of Stephen. The spelling Esthappan is an example of the tendency in Dravidian languages to replace the medial -ph- consonant cluster with an accented -pp- while word initial st- is replaced with isth-. Bearers of this surname are said to have converted to Christianity during the first century AD .
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
