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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Made of oak

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Aiken

Family name origins & meanings

  • Variant, associated chiefly with northern Ireland, of the Scottish surname Aitken.
  • Aiken is the name of a NH family that was prominent in the 18th century; also of a Charleston family descended from a certain William Aiken, who emigrated from Antrim in Ireland to Charleston in about 1800.

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