Ikin Family History
Ikin Name Meaning
de-aspirated variant of Hicken and as such often alternating with Eakin . perhaps occasionally from the rare Middle English female personal name Idekin. a pet form of Ide or Idony (see Ide Edney ). from Iken (Suffolk) which is recorded as Ykene in 121 The place-name pronounced /aikən/ probably derives from an Old English personal name *Ica (genitive *Ican) + Old English ēa ‘river stream’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016