Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
As an English surname, it comes from Middle English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Wilkin as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to William.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wilkin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 122
- 122 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 448 as a first name in 2020; 2,705 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wilkin’s family of names
In English usage, Wilkin as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to William. In English usage, Wilkin has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Вилкин. In English usage, Wilkin as a surname has a related form in WILKINS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Wilkin
- Wilkin CastilloDominican Republic baseball playerborn 1984
- Wilkin Ramírezbaseball player from the Dominican Republicborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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