Watkin is an English surname formed as a diminutive of the name Watt (also Wat), a popular Middle English given name itself derived as a pet form of the name Walter. First found in a small Welsh village in 1629.[ citation needed ]
Within the United Kingdom it is associated with being a Welsh surname.[ citation needed ]
It may refer to:
Stephens is a surname. It is a patronymic and is recorded in England from 1086.
Wynne is a surname of Welsh origin. This is a list of notable people with the surname, sorted by profession:
Gough is a surname. The surname probably derives from the Welsh coch, given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion or as a reduced form of the Irish McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Eochadha, a patronymic from the personal name Eochaidh, "horseman", both derivatives of Irish each "horse".
Gooch is a surname. Gooch or the Gooch is also a nickname. It may refer to:
Millward is a surname meaning someone in charge of a mill.
Watkins is an English and Welsh surname derived as a patronymic from Watkin, in turn a diminutive of the name Watt, a popular Middle English given name itself derived as a pet form of the name Walter.
Hodson is an English surname. It is derived from Middle English hode and is a patronymic. Notable people with the surname include:
Powell is a Welsh surname. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name Hywel, with the prefix ap meaning "son of", together forming ap Hywel, or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh ancestry. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales and Brittany in the 9th and 10th century, and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The House of Tudor, one of the Royal houses of England, also descended from them.
Lea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Smyth is an early variant of the common surname Smith commonly found in Ireland. Shown below are notable people who share the surname "Smyth".
Bland is a surname thought to derive from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’. It is thought to have originated in an area in Yorkshire
Harrington is an English habitational name from places in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. It is also a common surname in southwest Ireland, where it was adopted as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surnames Ó hArrachtáin and Ó hIongardail. Notable people with the surname include:
Pigott and Piggott are English surnames.
Pigot is an English surname.
Bunbury is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bond is a surname of English origin. It was derived from the Anglo-Saxon name Bonde or Bonda, which was brought from the Old Norse Bóndi meaning 'farmer'. Notable people with the surname include:
Cadogan is a surname of Welsh or Irish origin and is a variant of the Welsh name Cadwgan, as well as an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Ceadagáin. Notable people with the surname include:
Kennard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Parry is a surname of Welsh origin originally derived from shortening 'ap Harry'.
Wynn is a surname of Welsh origin. Wynn and its variant Wynne are derived from the Welsh word for white (Gwyn).