The jenkin Surname
jenkin Name Meaning and History
English (chiefly Devon): from the Middle English personal name
Jenkin, a pet form of John with the addition of the
suffix -kin (of Low German origin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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