From Tóibín, the Gaelicised form of the Norman de St Aubin — a Tipperary family whose name is still carried today by one of Ireland's best-known writers.
The Tobin certificate.
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Norman Origin · From the Breton Saint Aubin
Tobin descends from the Norman de St Aubin, who arrived with the twelfth-century invasion and settled in County Tipperary. The name Gaelicised early and thoroughly, into Tóibín — one of the few Norman names to end up sounding almost entirely Irish.
A saint's name from Brittany, worn down over eight centuries into a name that reads, today, as simply and unmistakably Tipperary.
Irish form: Tóibín
