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Watkin

Watkin is an English surname formed as a diminutive of the name Watt (also Wat), a popular Middle English given name itself derived as a pet form of the name Walter. First found in a small Welsh village in 1629.

Within the United Kingdom it is associated with being a Welsh surname.

It may refer to:

People
  • Arthur Watkin, English footballer
  • Billy Watkin, English footballer
  • Cyril Watkin, English footballer
  • Edward Watkin, Victorian railway chairman
    • Edward Watkin (disambiguation)
  • Evan Watkin, New Zealand cricket umpire
  • Frank Watkin, English footballer
  • George Watkin, English footballer
  • Louise Watkin, British paraolympic swimmer
  • Pierre Watkin, an American actor
  • Steve Watkin, English cricketer
  • Steve Watkin (footballer), Welsh footballer
  • Thomas Glyn Watkin, Welsh lawyer
  • William Thompson Watkin (1836–1888), English archaeologist
  • William Ward Watkin, American architect
  • Watkin Tudor Jones, also known as Ninja, South African rapper
  • Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet, Welsh politician

Usage examples of "watkin".

Watkin, I do really not know how to thank you for all that you have done for me with regard to the injustice done me in the matter of the distribution of honors to the Confederation delegates, and with regard to the baronetcy which the Queen intends to confer on me.

Tom Watkins had said Barnett would do, Johnson dug his heels into the asphalt.

Lady Cartier and my daughters gladly unite with me in this expression of congratulation, which I now offer you, Lady Watkin, and your son and daughter.

Canada Lady Cartier and my daughters have asked me not to forget to present to you and Lady Watkin their best wishes and kindest regards, to remember them kindly to your son, and to offer their compliments to Miss Watkin, in the hope of making her acquaintance hereafter.

Testimony by Sherron Watkins that Ken Lay was somehow duped by subordinates belies the facts.

Edward Watkin, who is now in Canada, will be commissioned, with other gentlemen specially qualified for the duty, to visit the Red River and southern districts, to consult the officers of the Company there, and to report as to the best and safest means of giving effect to the contemplated operations.

Thanks also to travel companions on trips to Atlantic Canada: Tom Watkin, who battled wind, bears and mosquitoes.

He sent one of his men, Watkins, to bring round to the front the concealed minibus in which they had arrived.

Idris Watkins, recently freed after serving six years of a ten-year sentence for child rape, died of a fractured skull, Thursday.

This was the place we built after the Senecas killed pa and Tom Watkins in the mountains above Crab Orchard.

My name is Henry Watkins, department of philosophy at UC San Diego.

And although a polygraph was not an entirely dependable determiner of truth, the technology was not so unreliable that Loman Watkins, his officers, the coroner, and the coroner's assistant could all pass the examination without a single indication of deception if in fact they were guilty.

But he was acutely aware that Watkins was in a dangerously excited state and that it was necessary, if frustrating, to take the time to calm his fears.

Another truck, a red extended-cab Chevy, was backed onto the ramp and Charlotte Watkins was standing on the bank, one hand holding the rope to a long, sleek, red and silver fishing boat and the other hand slapping at mosquitoes as they swarmed around her bare arms and legs.

Harris denied the offer of hospital care, and consented to accompany the responding officers, Whritnour and Watkins, to the precinct for an interview.