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 (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

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

Poling, West Sussex Poling is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, southeast of Arundel on a minor road south of the A27. About 25% of the parish is wooded foothill slopes of the South Downs which is the area north of the A27 ...

Sea Palling Sea Palling is a village and civil parish covering in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies east of the A149 road, A149 between Kings Lynn and G ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

. Independently of this, Palin also is a Swedish language surname that occurs in Sweden and Finland. People with this name include: * Brett Palin (born 1984), Canadian hockey player * Christian Palin (born 1978), Uruguayan singer *

Harold Palin Harold Palin (19 August 1916 – 16 September 1990), also known by the nickname of "Moggy", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and En ...

(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, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries. Palin w ...

(born 1943), British actor, comedian (member of Monty Python) and writer *

Robert Palin Robert Thomas Palin (c.1835 – 6 July 1861) was a convict 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 capital punis ...

(1835–1861), Australian criminal * Sarah Palin (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 oil field production operator and commercial fisherman who was the first gentleman of Alaska from 2006 to 2009. He is the former husband of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, the 2008 ...

(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, reality television personality, and real estate agent. She is the oldest daughter and second of five children of Todd and Sarah Palin. Palin competed in the fa ...

(born 1990), daughter of Todd and Sarah Palin *

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 co ...

(born 1974), English painter, writer and educator

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