Tippins - Herefordshire (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, April 30, 2012, 21:03 (4667 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Hi Alex,
all I can add is that in modern times Tippins appears to be almost unigue to our neck of the woods, particularly Herefordshire judging from past Census statistics
http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Map2.aspx?name=TIPPINS&year=1881&altyear=1998...

However a quick "Google" also gave sites believing it was of Lancashire origin, or Devon, but without giving their reasoning !!??.

My preferred site states
"This interesting# surname with variant spellings Tippins, Typpens, etc., is a patronymic of the name Tippin, itself a diminutive of Tibb, a pet-form of the French personal name Theobald, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements "theudo" meaning "people, race" plus "bald", "bold, brave". The surname dates back to the early 14th Century....."
The site adds "A Coat of Arms was granted to a Tippen family in Gloucestershire during the reign of King Henry V111 (1509 - 1547), consisting of a silver shield depicting three red lion's heads erased with gold crowns. Between the heads is a chevron with a central bezant (gold coin)."
So this supports it being a local surname of some importance.

http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Tipens

So, no specific mention of Romany origins although maybe it is from "travelling" people if it has French-Germanic origins via Lancs and/or Devon ??

# "interesting" = it seems it's almost anyone's guess !?!?