Rabbitte Family History
Rabbitte Surname Meaning
adopted for Ó Coinín a variant of Ó Conáin or Ó Cuineáin see Queenan interpreted as if it were from coinín ‘rabbit’. Actually the Irish name is from a diminutive of cano ‘hound wolf’.
It has also been adopted for Mac Coinín see Canning.
see Rabbitt.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
