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Help[Facts] Elkin
I can't find this first name anywhere. I know a little boy named this (guessing on spelling) and his parents say it's Celtic. Any information?
This message was edited 8/30/2007, 3:08 AM
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I think they have been misinformed. Irish Names by Donnchadh O Corrain & Fidelma Maguire has Eltin as a modern form of Eiltine, which is an Irish Gaelic name that meant either "a hind" or "a lively, nimble person". But the only derivation I can find for Elkin is a medieval English diminutive of Elie, Elijah, or Ellen.
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