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Aitkin

/ˈeɪkɪn/

Aitkin proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Aitkin

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A city, the county seat of Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.

Origin of Aitkin

From a mostly Scottish variant of Adkin and Atkin, diminutives of the given name Adam.

Words formed from Aitkin

Questions about Aitkin

What does Aitkin mean?
Aitkin means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Aitkin?
Aitkin is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Aitkin?
Aitkin is pronounced /ˈeɪkɪn/.

Words near Aitkin in the dictionary

  1. Aitkenhead
  2. Aitkenism
  3. Aitkenite
  4. Aitkenites
  5. Aitkens
  6. Aitkin
  7. Aitkin County
  8. Aitkins
  9. Aitmatov
  10. Aitne
  11. Aitoff projection

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