Tarin

Girl name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Spanish (Tarín) and French : metonymic occupational name for a moneyer, from tarin, a medieval coin, from Late Latin tarinus, probably a derivative of Tarentum (see Taranto), where the coins were first minted.
• Spanish : habitational name from places in the provinces of Uviéu and Teruel named Tarín.
• French : nickname from tarin ‘siskin’ (a small songbird similar to the goldfinch).