Type Surname (from given name)
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. JENG-kinz  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From the given name Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesHovanesian, Hovhannisyan(Armenian) Ivanoŭ, Ivanow, Kazloŭ, Kazlow(Belarusian) Ivanov(Bulgarian) Ivanović(Croatian) Janda, Janíček, Jandáček(Czech) Jensen, Jenson, Johannessen, Johansen, Johnsen(Danish) Jans, Jansen, Jansens, Jansing, Jansingh, Jansink, Janson, Janssen, Janssens, Janzen, Yancy(Dutch) Janssens(Flemish) Jean(French) Jans, Janson, Janz, Gensch, Jahn(German) Giannopoulos, Ioannidis(Greek) Jankovics(Hungarian) Jensson, Jóhannsson(Icelandic) Nana, Nani, Nanni, Nannini, Zanetti, Zunino(Italian) Jansons(Latvian) Valjean(Literature) Jonaitis(Lithuanian) Ivanov, Ivanovski, Jovanovski(Macedonian) Jansen, Jensen, Jenssen, Johannessen, Johansen, Johnsen(Norwegian) Janda(Polish) Ion, Ionescu(Romanian) Ivanov(Russian) Jack(Scottish) Ivanović, Jovanović(Serbian) Jankovic(Slovak) Jankovič(Slovene) Juan, Ibáñez(Spanish) Janson, Jansson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnsson, Jönsson(Swedish) Ivanov(Ukrainian) Bevan, Evans, Jones(Welsh)

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Entry updated January 21, 2022