Dobrin Family History

Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the personal name Dobrin, an augmentative derivative of the (Old) Slavic compound names based on the element dobr ‘good’ (from Old Slavic dobrъ). As a Slovenian surname, it may also be a nickname derived from the adjective dober ‘good’.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Dobre, which is derived from the Slavic root dobr- ‘good’ (compare above). It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in.