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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish : palatalized form of Atkinson or Addison, each a patronymic from one of the many medieval pet forms of Adam, for example Atty, Addie, and (with the diminutive suffix -kin) Atkin, Aitkin, and Adkin.

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