Scottish and northern Irish: palatalized form of Atkinson or
Addison, each a patronymic from one of the many medieval pet
forms of Adam, for example Atty, Addie, and (with
the diminutive suffix -kin) Atkin, Aitkin, and
Adkin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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