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Howkins

Howkins proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Howkins (plural Howkinses)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms of Howkins

pluralHowkinses

Origin of Howkins

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Hugh + the patronymic suffix -s.

Questions about Howkins

What does Howkins mean?
Howkins means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Howkins?
Howkins is a proper noun.

Words near Howkins in the dictionary

  1. howk
  2. howked
  3. howker
  4. howkers
  5. howking
  6. Howkins
  7. howks
  8. howl
  9. howl at the moon
  10. howl down
  11. howl on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Howkins (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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