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Malespin: The Family name Malespin is classified by family name researchers to be of toponymic family name origin, deriving from a prominent geographical feature of the residence of the initial bearer of the family name. According to scholastic sources with regard to the family name Malespin, the name originates In the English and Norman French family name Malpas, derived from the Ola French “mal pas,” meaning “bad passage.” The initial bearer of the family name would have been one who resided in a town or village, which was difficult to reach by foot, boat, or horse. Variants of the family name include Malpas, Malspi, Males and Malespina. It is interesting to note that European references to this name and its variants are quite rare, while it is documented with some frequency in Central and North America. This suggests that the Malespin name arose upon introduction of a European form to the “New World.” perhaps during the great immigrations of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. References to the family name Malespin or its variants include the marriage of Marcela Malespin to Ygnocente Madrid, which is recorded as having taken place on 17 September 1853 at Santa Rosa de Copan in Copan, Honduras. Other records include the birth and marriage on one Adela Montiel Malespin. Adela was born circa 1874 and later married Federico Solorzano Reyes in 1892 in Nicaragua. The Manifest document of “ La Champagne” are extant as well and record the travel of twenty-year-old Giovanni Malespina. Giovanni sailed upon “La Champagne” from the port of Havre in France and arrived at New York’s Ellis Island on 19 December 1892. In the absence of a coat of arms recorded for the family name Malespin, the arms below were granted to the variant family name Males.

BLAZON OF ARMS: Argent, a bend between two Lions’ heads sable. Translation:             The lion is symbolic of Dauntless Courage. Crest:                   A lion’s head sable. Origin:                  France Jfmalespin (talk) 23:02, 13 August 2012 (UTC)