Newlin Family History
Newlin Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Nevelon ancient Germanic Neveling Nivelung (see Niebling ). The ancient Germanic name is a mythological name of uncertain origin in the early history of the royal house of Burgundy. It became a byword for wealth and is most familiar from Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ‘The Ring of the Nibelung’. Americanized form of Swedish Nylin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022