Baskin Family History
Baskin Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Baiscinn from the personal name Bascaoin meaning ‘fair of hand’. The surname arose from a historical population group called Corca Bhaiscinn ‘seed of Bascaoin’ in west County Clare and is independent of the Norman name (see 3 below). English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name Baskin a borrowing of Flemish or Picard Basequin a pet form of Base (ancient Germanic Baso perhaps meaning ‘purple’) + the diminutive suffix -kin. It could also have been used as a pet form of Old French Basile. See Bass . Jewish (from Belarus and Ukraine): metronymic formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in from the Yiddish female personal name Baske a pet form of the Biblical name Bath Seba under the influence of Polish Basia a pet form of Barbara.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022