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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. French: from the personal name Aubin (Latin Albinus, a derivative of albus ‘white’). This was the name of several minor early Christian saints, including a famous bishop of Angers (died c. 554). At an early date, this name became confused with the Germanic personal name Albuin (see Albin).
  2. A bearer of the surname Aubin, from Perche, was in Ste. Famille by 1670.