Chapin Family History
Chapin Name Meaning
French and Spanish: from Old French eschapin Spanish chapín ‘type of overshoe made of cork’ applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made them. English: variant of Chopin more commonly surviving in England as Chopping and Chappin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022