Akins

Akins
Family name
Kyle Akin, Isle of Skye, Scotland: it is said that in some cases the surname Akins may have originated from this location.
Meaning	1. variant of Aiken, derived from Adam; 2. derived from the place name Kyle Akin, meaning "Haakon's Sound", "Haakon's Narrows"; 3. from aik, meaning "oaken", "an oak"; 4. from Atty, Arthur 5. Anglicisation of the Gaeilge surname O'hAodhagain 6. Anglicisation of the Gaeilge surname Ó'hÓgáin
Region of origin	Scotland
Language(s) of origin	Scots
Related names	Aickin; Aiken; Aikin; Aikins; ; Eakins; Hagan; Mac Aodhagáin; McEachin; O'hAodhagain

Akins (/ˈeɪkɪnz/ or local /ˈɑːkɪnz/) is a Scottish surname and northern Irish family name.

The name has several possible origins, although it is generally considered to be a variant of Aikens, which is considered to be a patronymic form of the name Aiken. These names are considered to be derived from the Scots personal name Aitken, which is a double diminutive form of the Biblical name Adam. The name is formed in part from Ad, the diminutive of Adam (the d has been sharpened to t); the name is also formed from the diminutive suffix -kin. George Fraser Black stated that the -s in the surnames Atkins, and Aitkins, represents "son"; and in consequence, that these names equate to Atkinson.

In 1946, Black noted that, according to John Paterson (in 1867), the surname Aiken was an old name in the parish of Ballantrae, Ayrshire; and that "in Orkney it is believed to have replaced the Old Norse name Haakon and its derivative Hakonson." Black also noted that the surname Aiken (and its variations: Aitken, Aitkin, Aitkins, Atkin, Atkins) have been stated by others to be derived from the names Atty ("little Atty"), and Arthur; although Black stated that he himself disagreed with this derivation, in favour of a diminutive of Adam (above).