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Jenkins (English) Family Surname Origin and Meaning
An English and Welsh baptismal name meaning ‘son of John’. The name John was originally derived from the Hebrew given name ‘Yocjanan’, meaning ‘Jehovah has favoured me with a son’. Also from the first names Jan and Jen, which are other forms of the name John with the suffix ‘kin’, meaning young John, or ‘son or relative of John’.
An English and Welsh baptismal name meaning ‘son of John’. The name John was originally derived from the Hebrew given name ‘Yocjanan’, meaning ‘Jehovah has favoured me with a son’. Also from the first names Jan and Jen, which are other forms of the name John with the suffix ‘kin’, meaning young John, or ‘son or relative of John’.