Phippen Family History
Phippen Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): shortened form of the Anglo-Norman surname Fitzpain ‘son of Pain’ (see Payne ). English: variant of Phipp with the West Midlands Middle English genitive singular -en instead of the more usual -s see Phipps . Alternatively perhaps from the unattested Middle English personal names Phippon or Phippin which could be Old French pet forms of Philip though they are not on record. Irish: perhaps an altered form of Thigpen by association or confusion with the name in (1). The 17th-century Thigpen and Phippen families in NC were apparently related.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022