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What does Jenkins mean?
Jenkins 
as a boys' name has its roots in Flemish and Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Jenkins is "little John; God is gracious". Jenkins is a variant form of Jenkin (Flemish). Jenkins is also a form of John (Hebrew).
STARTS WITH Jen-
Variations
VARIANT Jenkyns
RELATIONS VIA JENKIN, JOHN Jenkyn, Jennings, Jens
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jenkins Trevor (J.T.), ..
How popular is Jenkins?
Jenkins is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent last name for all people (#95 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jenkins was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its highest position of #1948 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Jenkins rated in the Top 2000 are John (#27 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Jennings (#1803) and Jens. Usage of these relations of Jenkins reached its apex 138 years ago (MEDIAN #1287) and has become much less since (#1457, DOWN 93.8%), with the form John falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Atkins, Hawkins, Hopkins, Jeavin, Jenarius, Jenesis, Jensen▲, Jenson, Jentian, Jeraint (see Geraint), Jermin, Jerrin, Jervis, Jestin, Jevin, Jevvin (see Jevon), Junius▼, Nevins, Parkins, Perkins, Watkins and Wilkins. Like Jenkins, these names are not commonly used.
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