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Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Irish
Other Forms FormsCribbins, Crebbin, Gribbon, O'Gribben, O'Gribins, O'Gribbin, MacGribben, MacRoben, MacRobyn
Meaning & History
This surname is of Old Gaelic origin, and is a variant of "Cribben", which itself is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic name "MacRoibin", meaning "son of (mac) Robin", a patronymic from the Anglo-Norman French given name "Robin". Robin itself is composed of "Rob", a diminutive of "Robert", and the hypocoristic suffix "-in". Modern variants of the surname include Cribbins, Crebbin, Gribbin and Gribbon.