Moulin Family History

French and Walloon: from Old French molin ‘mill’ (from Latin molina) applied as a topographic name for someone who lived at a mill or by extension as a metonymic occupational name for a miller or mill worker.

French and Walloon: habitational name from (Le) Moulin the name of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named with Old French molin ‘mill’.

Compare Demoulin and Dumoulin Altered form of French Desmoulins (see Dumoulin ).