Sipin Family History
Sipin Surname Meaning
Filipino: nickname based on the Kapampangan and Tagalog word siping ‘to be close together’. Russian: patronymic from the male personal name Sipa, a pet form of Spevsipp (from Greek Speusippos ‘rushing horse’ from speudō ‘to rush’ and hippos ‘horse’, the name of an early Christian martyr).
It is formed with the possessive suffix -in. Probably also an Americanized form of Jewish (from Belarus) Tsipin: metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Tsipe, a pet form of the Biblical name Zipporah meaning ‘bird’ (Exodus 21) + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
