Boy · Hebrew, with Middle English ending
Jenkin
Say it: JEN-kin
Meaning
A medieval pet form of John, with the Flemish-Dutch diminutive -kin.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in medieval England and especially Wales, surviving in the surnames Jenkins and Jenkinson.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jankin, Jenkyn
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
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