Other ‘Kin’ Names and Words

1. Aikin – perhaps strong and brave.
2. Atkins – patronymic name derived from Adam. Diminutive forms of Adam are Adkin, Atkin, Aitkin, Adnett, Adnitt, and Ade.
3. Atkinson – derived from Atkins.
4. Baldekin – City/Neighborhood in Šibenik, Croatia. Perhaps, translates to Canopy. Not sure this is a true ‘kin’ ending.
5. Beshkins – Besh is perhaps from Ben-Shai (Son of Shai), or Boruh ha-Shem (blessed G-d).
6. Bopkins – Appears to be Welsh. No meanings found.
7. Botkin – related to bodkin (knife, dagger; see below); perhaps seller of knives.
8. Chakin
9. Churkin – a Russian name.
10. Dakins – from David. Also, Daykin, Daykins.
11. Diskin – from the Irish O’Discin, meaning the dweller on the barren land. From Ballydiscin, a place in County Sligo.
12. Daykins – from David. Source.
13. Dawkins – Daw is pet name for David.
14. Dickens – diminutive of Richard.
15. Dickinson – derived from Dickens.
16. Dinkin – from Dinham, a hamlet in Monmouthshire.
17. Donkin – from the Gaelic personal name Donnchad, which means “brown warrior”.
18. Durkin
19. Eakins – May be 14th century Scottish; place name of Akin; from ‘Acain’ – the Gaelic form of the name Hakon (a Norse name); from the Gaelic name Eachin (Hector), meaning ‘Horse Lord’; Patronymic: from (e)ad, pet form of Adam; Metronymic: from Olde English Eadgyw, meaning “prosperity battle”. So, depending on the origin, it may or may not be a true kin/kins name. Variants: Ackin, Ackins, Aicken, Aickens, Aiken, Aikens, Aikin, Aikins, Akin, Akins, Eaken, Eakens, Eakin, Eakins, Edkins, Ekin, Ekins.
20. Gaskin – a horse muscle, homologous to the human calf muscle.
21. Gherkins
22. Gurkin – May be related to Jerkin and Jurkin.
23. Gurmankin – (Dutch) Good man; (Jewish) unknown; (Punjabi) Guru.
24. Hawkins – from the Old English name Havec and Havik-in.
25. Hopkins – from Hobb, an Anglo-Saxon pet name for Robert.
26. Hoskin – from the Anglo-Saxon name Os.
27. Huggins – From Hugh-kins.
28. Jakins – from the Norman name Jacques, which is from the Latin Jacobus.
29. Jenkins – from Jen, Jan and John, probably from John the Baptist or John the Beloved. Hebrew: Johanan “God is Gracious”.
30. Jenkinson – from ’son of Jenkins’. (Dennis Jenkinson and Sterling Moss won the Mille Miglia auto race in 1955 in a Mercedes-Benz 300SLR.)
31. Jerkin – May be related to Jurkin and Gurkin. A jerkin is a 16th century short, close-fitting, often sleeveless coat or jacket, usually of leather.
32. Judkins – from Judd, a pet form of Jordon or Judicael.
33. Jurkin – May be related to Jerkin, Gurkin.
34. Lakin
35. Larkin – perhaps derived from the Gaelic Lorc, which means rough or fierce.
36. Lukins
37. McClurkin
38. Miskin – Jewish (from Belarus): patronymic from the male personal name Miske, a pet form of Michael.
39. Meskins – Jewish (from Belarus and Lithuania): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Meske, a pet form of Hebrew Miryam. Muslim: from Arabic meskin ‘poor’, ‘humble’.
40. Naumkin – Russian; not sure it’s a ‘kin’ name in the same sense as mine.
41. Ovechkin – From the Russian and/or Bulgarian word for sheep. (Source.)
42. Parkins – from the baptismal name of Peter, meaning son of Peter.
43. Perkins – Welsh patronymic name from the baptismal name of Peter, meaning son of Peter.
44. Pipkin – a pet form of Phillip.
45. Popkin – son of Hopkin.
46. Pupkin – from Yiddish ‘pupke’, meaning doll; alternate meaning is perhaps belly-button. (Source)
47. Radekin
48. Rankin
49. Roskin
50. Rifkin – Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Rifke (from the Hebrew name Rivka; see Rebecca), with the addition of the Slavic metronymic suffix -in. (Evidently, it’s not a ‘kin’ name.)
51. Seekins – descended from the tenant of the lands and village of Seckington (Not sure if this fits the same pattern as other ‘kins’ names).
52. Simkin
53. Simpkinson
54. Slotkins – Respelling of Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Zlotkin: metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Zlotke, a pet form of Zlote, derived from Polish zlota ‘golden’ (see Slatkin). From a derivative of Slotnick.
55. Temkin
56. Tompkins – from the English Tom, diminutive of Thomas.
57. Tomkinson – from the English Tom, son of, diminutive of Thomas.
58. Verkin – possibly from the Latin virgo (virgin).
59. Watkins – from Wat, a pet form of Walter.
60. Wilkins – from the Norman name William, meaning resolution and armed. Wilkins Jenkins Salisbury married Joseph Smith’s sister, Katherine. (See Joseph Smith Papers, volume 1, aprox p. 26.)
61. Wilkinson – appears to have a proper ‘kin’ ending as well as the long form of the ‘s’ ending – ‘son’.

1. Bodkin – bod is a small dagger (Irish), so this is like a pin or needle.
2. Bumpkin – unsophisticated or socially awkward person.
3. Buskin – a calf-high, or even knee-high, leather boot of cloth or leather.
4. Catkin – shrubs or trees; probably from Dutch katteken, or kitten. Probably not a true *kin word for this page. Also, a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
5. Doitkin – a very small coin, a doit.
6. Firkin – an Old English unit of volume, meaning ‘fourth’, equal to one fourth of a barrel.
7. Gherkin – a small cucumber.
8. Jerkin – a leather, close-fitting, sleeveless jacket. 16th century.
9. Kilderkin – an Old English unit of volume equal to half a barrel or two firkins.
10. Lambkin – a very young lamb.
11. Mannikin – a small, normal person; a life-size dummy. (There are various spellings – mannequin, manikin, manakin…)
12. Minikin – a little Minion.
13. Munchkin – a person who is notably small and often endearing.
14. Napkin – a ‘nap’ is a diaper, making a napkin a little diaper or handkerchief.
15. Pipkin – a small, earthenware pot with a handle and three legs.
16. Pumpkin – So, what’s a ‘Pump’? It’s from the now obsolete French ‘pompon’, meaning large melon.
17. Ramekin – a small dish for serving individual-sized portions.
18. Rumpelstiltskin – a post rattler or “rattle ghost” .
19. Welkin – sky, clouds, heaven, vault of heaven .

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Etymology of Last Names