Wiffen
English
Etymology
From Old English wīf (“woman; wife”) + -en (“diminutive suffix”).
Proper noun
Wiffen (plural Wiffens)
- A surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wiffen is the 5871st most common surname in England, belonging to 1194 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wiffen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN