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Jenkin

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English

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Etymology

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Either transferred from the surname Jenkins or derived from the medieval given name Jankin, the pet form of Jan.

Pronunciation

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Jenkin

  1. A male given name from Hebrew
  2. An English surname transferred from the given name, variant of Jenkins, especially in the south-west of England