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Surname Etymology and Meaning of SIMKIN

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English (Midlands): from the Middle English personal name, a pet form of Sim.
2. Jewish (from Belarus): metronymic from Simke, a pet form of the Yiddish female personal name Sime (see Sima) with the eastern Slavic possessive suffix -in.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)