Goffin Family History
Goffin Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational from German Hopfen ‘hops’. The initial g is due to Russian influence since Russian has no h and alters it to g in borrowed words and names. French and Walloon: from a pet form of the personal name Godefroy . French and Walloon: possibly also a nickname from a diminutive of Old French goffe ‘heavy coarse’. English (Norfolk and Suffolk): from the Middle English personal name Goffin a diminutive of Goff .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022