Dulin Family History

English (Surrey): variant of Dolling, a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English dolling, douling, dulling ‘dull one’. Compare Doll, Duling, and Dowling. This variant is now rare in Britain.

Russian: patronymic from the personal name Dula, a pet form of Feodul, which is from Greek Theodoulos ‘slave of God’.

French: from du lin ‘from/of the flax’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a place where flax was grown, or by extension an occupational name for someone who grew flax or made linen or canvas.