Scottish: habitational name from a place on the south bank of the
Clyde outside Glasgow, first recorded in 1225 in the form
Erskin. Other early spellings vary (1227 Yrskin; 1262
Ireskin; 1300 Harskin, Irschen).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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