Lakin Family History
Lakin Name Meaning
Americanized form of Jewish Leykin (from Belarus) a metronymic from Leyke a pet form of the Yiddish female personal name Leye from the Hebrew female personal name Lea from which English Leah is derived (see Genesis 29: 16) + the Slavic possessive suffix -in. English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Lawkin a diminutive of Law- (a pet form of the personal name Laurence; see Lawrence ). Compare Law 1 and Larkin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022