Watkins
English (also frequent in Wales): patronymic from the personal name Watkin.
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Watkin
English: either a revival of the medieval pet name (Wat + the hypocoristic suffix -kin), or a transferred use of the surname derived from it.
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Watkin
English: from a pet form of Wat(t), a short form of Walter.
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Wat
English: the usual medieval short form of Walter, based on the normal vernacular pronunciation, Water, with a short “a”.
Walter
English, German, and Scandinavian: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements wald rule + heri, hari army, warrior.
There was a native Old English form of the name, Wealdhere, but it was replaced at the time of the Conquest by the Continental forms in use among the Normans.
In medieval Germany, the most famous bearer was the minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170-c.1230).
Variants: German: Walther. Scandinavian: Valter.
Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Bhàtair, Bhaltair. Welsh: Gwallter. Dutch: Wouter, Wolter. Low German: Wolter. French: Gaut(h)ier. Italian, Spanish: Gualtiero.
Short forms: English: Wat (medieval, occasionally revived); Walt (esp. U.S.). Dutch: Weit.
Pet form: English: Watkin.
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In Wales, before the 1536 Act of Union, with England, all Welsh people used patronyms and matronym as the sole way of naming people.
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| Surname | Count | Ranking |
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| WATKINS | 32401 | 199 |
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