Family name origins & meanings
- Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic matīn ‘strong’, ‘powerful’. Al-Matīn ‘the Almighty’ is an attribute of Allah, and this name is found in combinations such as ‛Abd-ul Matīn ‘servant of the Almighty’.
Updated: June 9, 2019
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