Matlin Family History
Matlin Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Matle (of ancient Germanic origin) + the Slavic possessive suffix -in. Probably also an Americanized form of South German Mattlin: topographic name from a diminutive of Middle High German matte ‘alpine meadow’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022