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Flavin Surname Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimhín and Ó Flaitheamháin ‘descendant of Flaithimhín and Flaitheamhán’.

Both personal names are from diminutives of flaith(eamh) ‘prince ruler’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1946 and 2004, in the United States, Flavin life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1949, and highest in 1995. The average life expectancy for Flavin in 1946 was 44, and 74 in 2004.

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