The baby name Jenkin is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒɛŋkɪn/ (JEN-kin).
The baby name Jenkin is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒɛŋkɪn/ (JEN-kin).
Jenkin is English, Welsh in Origin.
Jenkin is a medieval English and Welsh diminutive of John, built with the -kin suffix (a Middle English/Low German diminutive), so it means "little John," and by extension carries John's Hebrew sense "Yahweh is gracious." In Welsh it aligns with Siencyn, and the patronymic form Jenkins later predominated as a surname.
As a given name, Jenkin appears in 13th-15th-century records across England and Wales, with spellings Jenkyn, Jankin, and Jankyn; Chaucer's "Wife of Bath" names her fifth husband Jankyn. Use as a forename faded after the Tudor period, surviving chiefly in Wales and Cornwall and in the common surname Jenkins. Variants and related forms include Jenkin/Jenkyn/Jankin/Jankyn; Welsh Siencyn; and the derivative surname Jenkins. It is cognate with other -kin pet forms such as Watkin and Perkin, and closely connected to the chain of diminutives that produced Jack.
Jenkin is seldom given. We have only 53 recorded uses of it on record, from 14 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #327 | 5 | 9,639 |
| MY | 0 | #352 | 3 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #516 | 12 | 12,905 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #736 | 4 | 17,960 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #915 | 4 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,688 | 4 | 28,008 |
Jenkin is popular in 14 countries — most recent births per country:
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