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Halpeny (surname)

Variants:Alpin (S) Halfpenny (S) Ó hAilpín (M)
Can be spelt:Halpenny (S)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Irish, "descendant of Alpin", from the personal name Alpin [q.v.], of uncertain (Pictish) origin.

Anglicized as Halfpenny.
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