Where does “Jenkinson” come from?
Jenkinson is an English patronymic surname derived from Jenkin, a Middle English diminutive of the given name John, ultimately from Hebrew Yohanan meaning "God is gracious."
Ancestry of “Jenkinson”, step by step
Jenkinson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Sơn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sơn | — |
| 2 | Middle English | sone | son; soon; Alternative form of sonne |
| 3 | Old English | sōna | immediately, at once |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sān(ō) | immediately |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sēna | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via English Jenkin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jenkin | variant of Jenkins, especially in the south-west of England |