Frequency: (772)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German and Dutch: ethnic name for a Pole or nickname for someone with some other connection with Poland, from Polen ‘Poland’.
2. Possibly also a variant of Irish Polin.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
