Coppin Family History
Coppin Name Meaning
English: from a reduced pet form of the personal name Jacob. French: nickname for a good neighbor or amiable fellow worker, from Old French compain ‘companion’, ‘fellow’ (Late Latin companio ‘messmate’, genitive companionis, from con- ‘together’ + panis ‘bread’). Possibly also Irish or Scottish: reduced form of McCoppin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press