Wiffen

English

Etymology

From Old English wīf (“woman; wife”) + -en (“diminutive suffix”).

Proper noun

Wiffen (plural Wiffens)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wiffen is the 5871^st most common surname in England, belonging to 1194 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wiffen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.