Jenkin: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Jenkin is usually a form of Jenkins. The family name meaning is “Son of Jenkin (little John)”, the same as for Jenkins.

• Without the “s” of Jenkins, Jenkin is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Related forms: Jenkyns and Jenkinson.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Jenkins surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Jenkin family name pack.