Hopkin

Hopkin is an English family name . It is made up of the first name Hob , which in turn is a pet form of the first name Robert , and the diminutive suffix -kin (corresponds to German -chen ), which means something like "little Robert" or "Robert's son". The name can be traced back to the 13th century. Common variants of the name are Hopkins and the patronymic Hopkinson .

Name bearer

• Bryan Hopkin (1914-2009), British economist
• Mary Hopkin (born 1950), British singer

Individual evidence

1. ^ PH Reaney and RM Wilson: A Dictionary of English Last Names . 3rd revised edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York 1997. p. 238, sv Hopkin, Hopkins, Hopkyn .