The surname Palin is a name of British origin, either English or Welsh. Possible derivations include an anglicization of the Welsh

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

''ap Heilyn'' ("son of Heilyn") or a reference to the English placenames

Poling, West Sussex Poling is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Arun District, Arun District of West Sussex, England, southeast of Arundel on a minor road south of the A27 road, A27. About 25% of the parish is wooded foothill slopes o ...

or Sea Palling,

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

. Independently of this, Palin also is a Swedish language surname that occurs in Sweden and Finland. People with this name include: * Arthur Thomas Palin (1916–2006), British chemist and bacteriologist * Brett Palin (born 1984), Canadian hockey player * Christian Palin (born 1978), Finnish-Uruguayan singer * Eduard Palin (1891–1969), Finnish diplomat * Harold Palin (1916–1990), British rugby league footballer * John Palin (politician) (1870–1934), British politician * John Palin (sport shooter) (born 1934), British former sports shooter * Leigh Palin (born 1965), English footballer *

Leo Palin Leo Palin (born 20 October 1956) is a retired professional tennis player from Finland. During his career on the ATP Tour, Palin won one doubles title, and reached one singles and one other doubles final. He reached career-high rankings of No. 92 ...

(born 1956), Finnish tennis player *

Michael Palin Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 and was knig ...

(born 1943), British actor, comedian (member of Monty Python) and writer * Philip Palin (1864–1937), British Indian Army officer *

Robert Palin Robert Thomas Palin (6 July 1861) was a convict penal transportation, transported to Western Australia. His execution in 1861 was the only time in the convict era of Western Australia that Ordinance 17 Victoria Number 7 was used to secure the c ...

(1835–1861), Australian criminal * Roger Palin (born 1938), former Royal Air Force commander *

Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin (; Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, and author who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nomi ...

(born 1964), former governor of Alaska and 2008 U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee **

Todd Palin Todd Mitchell Palin (born September 6, 1964) is an American businessman who was the first gentleman of Alaska from 2006 to 2009. He is the former husband of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee w ...

(born 1964), American snowmobile racer and former husband of Sarah Palin **

Bristol Palin Bristol Sheeran Marie Palin (born October 18, 1990) is an American public speaker and reality television personality. She is the oldest daughter and second of five children of Todd Palin, Todd and Sarah Palin. Palin competed in the fall 2010 se ...

(born 1990), daughter of Todd and Sarah Palin * Sep Palin (1878–1952), American harness racing driver *

Tom Palin Tom Palin is a British painter. Education Palin grew up in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. He graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, and from the University of Manchester with an MA in Art History. He comp ...

(born 1974), English painter, writer and educator * William Palin (1893–1967), Anglican archdeacon

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