The hoskin Surname
hoskin Name Meaning and History
English: from the Middle English personal name Osekin, a pet
form of the various personal names with an Old English first element
os ‘god’. Compare, for example, Osborn,
Osgood, and Osmond, or its Old Norse cognate
ás. For the inorganic initial H-, compare
Herrick.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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