The Hopkinson Family Name

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Hopkinson is usually a form of Hopkins. Its meaning, shared with Hopkins, is “Son of Hopkin, little Robert”.

A variant of Hopkins

The ending -on in Hopkinson marks a Welsh derivative of Hopkins. The same family of names includes Hopkin and Popkin.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Hopkinson, so the heraldry linked to Hopkins is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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