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Hopkin

What does Hopkin mean?

Hopkin Pronunciation of Hopkin as a boys' name is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of Hopkin is "bright fame". Surname derived from a medieval given name, a pet form of Hob, a short form of Robert.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ho-, -in

ASSOCIATED WITH bright, fame, surname, medieval

Variations

VARIANTS Hopkins, Hopkinson, Hopkyns, Hopper, Hoppner

RELATED FORMS VIA ROBERT Robbin, Robin

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Hopkin Montana (H.M.), ..

How popular is Hopkin?

Hopkin is a rare first name for males but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#24529 out of 150436, Top 16%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Robbin, Robert (#71 IN 2018) and Robin (#1015) are the popular related forms of Hopkin (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) listed in the Top 2000. These relations of Hopkin were at the peak of their popularity in the 1930s (AVERAGE #872) and have become significantly less common since (#1028, 95%), with forms such as Robert becoming less trendy. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Robbin, Robert, Robin in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Robert, Robin outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Aikin, Alpin, Anakin, Aykin, Bodin, Boltin, Bordin, Bowin, Coffin, Coldin, Collin, Colwin, Conlin, Corin, Corrin, Corvin, Deakin, Dorrin, Eoin, Godwin, Gorin, Haaken, Haakim, Haakin, Haakon, Hackit, Hadwin, Hakan, Hakim, Haphiz (see Hafiz), Harbin, Hardin, Harkan, Harkin, Havin, Hawkin, Hawkins, Hazin, Hedwin, Hein, Hobie, Hobson, Hocklie (see Hockley), Hockly (see Hockley), Hockny (see Hockney), Hogan, Holden, Hollis, Honi, Horten, Horton, Hosni, Howlan, Howlen, Husain, Husein, Jenkin, Joslin, Jovin, Korbin, Korrin, Larkin, Lorin, Morfin, Norvin, Norwin, Perkin, Rankin, Rollin, Romain, Roslin, Tomkin, Tomlin, Torin and Torrin. These names tend to be more commonly used than Hopkin.

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