Nolin Family History
Nolin Name Meaning
French: from a shortened form of a personal name such as Renolet a pet form of Renaud . Compare Nowlin . Swedish: probably a habitational name from placenames beginning with Nol- (from nord ‘north’) + the adjectival suffix -in a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’ (compare Nolen ). However at least in one case it is derived from a place called Skällsäter by Latinization of Skäll- erroneously thought to be derived from Swedish skälla ‘little bell’ Latin nola. The placename is in fact derived either from Swedish dialect skäll ‘barren infertile’ or from Swedish sköld ‘shield’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022