Frequency: (686)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. French: from a frequent Old French personal name, a pet form of Ace or Asse, Germanic A(t)zo, a pet form of any of the many Germanic compound names that had adal ‘noble’ as their first element.
2. Dutch: from the Dutch cognate of this personal name, Asselijn.
FOREBEARS: An Asselin from Rouen was in Chateau Richer by 1662.
GIVEN NAMES: French 21%. Andre (6), Armand (5), Lucien (4), Germain (3), Jacques (3), Normand (3), Amedee (2), Fernand (2), Gilles (2), Laurent (2), Alphee, Benoit.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
