The last name Atkins is of what origin?

SOTHC

The surname ADKINS was derived from a combination of the surname Adam and the diminutive kin http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jjadkins/genealogy/AdkinsName.html Aug 16 06, 4:58 PM

SOTHC

The many spellings of the name (Adkyn, Adkyns, Adkynson, Atkyn, Atkynson, Adkinson, Attekson, Addykin, Akin, Akins, as well as the above four) came about during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth centuries. Many people, because of their extremely primitive living conditions, did not learn to read and write thus when some government official (census taker, court clerk, etc) needed to record the name they did it phonetically or simply as they thought it should be. Aug 16 06, 5:01 PM

SOTHC

A variation is given in http://www.last-names.net/surname.asp?surname=Atkins Camden derives it from At, a familiar abbreviation of Arthur, and kins, a diminutive, signifying a child, having the same meaning as the German kind, a child, an infant, i. e., the son of Arthur, so Wilkins, Simpkins, etc Aug 16 06, 5:05 PM

zbeckabee

Immigration records show that the majority of the Atkins families came from England followed by Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, Scotland and Warkwickshire. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=5&ln=Atkins&o_iid=9970&o_lid=9970 Aug 16 06, 6:10 PM