Jenkins

A patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name John + -kin (which forms diminutive )+ -s (denoting "son of") hence meaning "son of little John". It was originally an offshoot of the male medieval name Jenkin/Jankin. The name was brought from the crusaders; whence it originated in Cornwall but became popular in England and Wales.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛŋkɪnz/
• Hyphenation: Jen‧kins

Jenkins

1. A patronymic surname​ of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin.
2. a city in Kentucky.
3. a city in Minnesota.

• Jenkins County
• jenkinsite

According to statistics in the United States, Jenkins is the 114th most common surname belonging to approximately 220,830 individuals. Jenkins is most common amongst White (73.9%) individuals and secondly common amongst Black (20.3%) individuals. All other races with the surname Jenkins are (3.3%) of the population.

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Jenkins (plural Jenkinses)

1. (derogatory, dated, colloquial) A flatterer or sycophant.

   the Jenkins employed by a newspaper

   (Can we find and add a quotation of G. W. Curtis to this entry?)

   • 1868, Edward Isidore Sears (ed.), The National Quarterly Review, volume 16, page 404:

     Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk […]