Släkthistoria för Gelin
Gelin Vad efternamn betyder
French (also Gélin): from Old French gelin ‘chicken’ possibly a nickname for a fearful person or a metonymic occupational name for a poultry breeder. Alternatively a variant of Geslin from the ancient Germanic personal name Giselo from gisal ‘hostage’. This surname is also common in Haiti and is found in Germany as well. Swedish: ornamental name from an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -in a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’. Jewish (from Belarus and Ukraine): variant of Gelles.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
