Atkinson (surname)
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Middle English |
| Word/name | Atkin |
| Meaning | son of Atkin |
| Other names | |
| See also | Acheson, Aitchison, Aicheson, and Aitcheson, Adcock, Atcock |
Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English Atkin. The personal name Atkin is one of many pet forms of the name Adam.[1]
The name corresponds to the Scottish name Aitchison. The name Atkinson is particularly common in Northern England. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] its relative frequency was highest in Westmorland (19.8 times the British average), followed by Cumberland, County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Rutland. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down. Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters, although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period.[3]
Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region, having been originally spelled Atzinson (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in yet).[3]
People with the surname[]
A[]
- Adeline Detroit Wood Atkinson (1841–1916), American hotelier
- Al Atkinson, American football player
- Alan Atkinson, Australian Rules footballer
- Alfred Atkinson, British soldier
- Alia Atkinson, Jamaican swimmer
- Anthony Barnes Atkinson, British economist
- Arthur Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Arthur K. Atkinson, American railroad president
- Ashlie Atkinson, American actress
- Aimie Atkinson, British stage actress and singer
B[]
- Barbara Atkinson (1926–2015), English actress
- Basil Atkinson, (1895–1971) Under-librarian of Cambridge University, writer on theology
- Bert Atkinson, fictional character from EastEnders
- Bill Atkinson, creator of Apple Computer's QuickDraw, MacPaint and HyperCard
- Bill Atkinson (baseball), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2013), English footballer
- Brodie Atkinson, Australian rules footballer
- Brooks Atkinson, New York Times theatre critic
- Bruce Atkinson, Australian politician
C[]
- Carl Atkinson (d. 1985), Australian diver and salvage expert
- Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
- Chloe Atkinson, fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
- C.T. Atkinson, (1874—1964), Oxford military historian
- Christopher Atkinson (missionary) (fl 1652—5), early Quaker missionary from Westmorland and one of the Valiant Sixty
- Christopher Atkinson Saville (c1738–1819), alter known as Christopher Atkinson until about 1798, English merchant and politician
- Colin Atkinson, British cricketer and teacher
D[]
- Dalian Atkinson, British footballer
- Damon Atkinson, Drummer
- Dan Atkinson, British journalist and author
- Denis Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer
- Donald R. Atkinson, American psychologist
- Dorothy Atkinson (born 1966), English actress and singer
- Dorothy Atkinson (historian) (1929–2016), American historian
E[]
- Edith Atkinson
- Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, American writer
- Eric Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer, brother of Denis
- Eugene Atkinson, American politician
F[]
- Frank Atkinson (actor), British actor
- Fred Atkinson, American Director of Education in the Philippines (1900–1902)
- Frederick Atkinson (1919–2018), British civil servant
- Frederick Valentine Atkinson, British mathematician
G[]
- Gemma Atkinson, British actress and model
- George Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Graham Atkinson, British footballer
H[]
- Harry Atkinson, New Zealand premier
- Harry E. Atkinson, American politician
- Henry Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hugh Atkinson (footballer) (born 1960), Irish footballer (Wolves, Exeter)
I[]
- Isabel Atkinson (1891–1968), British-Canadian philanthropist and women's rights activist
J[]
- James Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Janelle Atkinson (born 1982), Jamaican freestyle swimmer
- Janette Atkinson, British psychologist and academic
- Janice Atkinson British MEP for the South East England region
- Jerry Atkinson, American politician
- Joanne Atkinson, English swimmer and Olympic athlete
- John Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jon Atkinson, English cricketer
- Joseph E. Atkinson, Canadian newspaper editor
- Josh Atkinson, English footballer
- Juliette Atkinson, American tennis player
- June Atkinson, American politician
K[]
- Kate Atkinson (actress) (born 1972), Australian actress
- Kate Atkinson (writer), British writer
- Ken Atkinson, Canadian politician
L[]
- La'Tangela Atkinson, American basketball player
- Lawrence Atkinson, English artist, musician and poet
- Lefty Atkinson, American baseball player
- Leigh Atkinson, English swimmer
- Leonard Atkinson, British engineer and senior British Army officer
- Leonard A. Atkinson, New Zealand civil servant
- Lily Atkinson, New Zealand temperance campaigner, suffragist and feminist
- Lisle Atkinson, American musician
- Llewellyn Atkinson, Australian politician
- Louis E. Atkinson, American physician, attorney and politician
- Louisa Atkinson, Australian writer, botanist and illustrator
- Lucas Atkinson, American politician
- Lucy Atkinson, English explorer and author
M[]
- Mark Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Martin Atkinson, English football referee
- Maudie Atkinson, fictional character from Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird
- Michael Atkinson (politician), Australian politician
- Michael Atkinson (Inspector General), American Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
- Mike Atkinson (born 1994), footballer
N[]
- Neville Atkinson, Royal Navy pilot
- Norman Atkinson (1923–2013), British politician
P[]
- Paul Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Peter Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
R[]
- Rebecca Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Richard Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rick Atkinson, American writer and editor
- Robert d'Escourt Atkinson, physicist
- Robert Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ron Atkinson ("Big Ron"), British football manager
- Ronald Field Atkinson (1928–2005), British philosopher
- Rowan Atkinson (born 1955), British comedian, known for his role as Mr. Bean
- Ruth Atkinson, American comics artist
S[]
- Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
- Shane Atkinson, New Zealand spammer
- Sophie Atkinson, English-Canadian landscape painter
- Steve Atkinson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Steve Atkinson (cricketer) (born 1952), English cricketer
- Stan Atkinson, American news anchor
T[]
- Ted Atkinson, Canadian jockey
- Terry Atkinson, British artist
- Thomas Lewis Atkinson, English engraver
- Ti-Grace Atkinson, American feminist writer
- Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), British poet
- Todd Atkinson, Canadian Anglican bishop
- Tom Atkinson (1930–1990), English cricketer
V[]
- Vanessa Atkinson, Dutch squash player
W[]
- William J. Atkinson, American scientist
- William Stephen Atkinson, Indian lepidopterist
- William Walker Atkinson (Yogi Ramacharaka), American writer
- William Yates Atkinson, 55th Governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898
Species named after a person named Atkinson[]
- Lethrinus atkinsoni, a fish of the family Lethrinidae from the Pacific Ocean, described by Alvin Seale in 1910
See also[]
- Acheson (surname)
- Atkinson (disambiguation)
References[]
- ^ Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, retrieved 2 July 2011 which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surnames "Atkinson" and "Atkin".
- ^ "Atkinson Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
- ^ a b Bell, Robert (1990) [1988]. The Book of Ulster Surnames (Paperback). Belfast: The Blackstaff Press Limited. ISBN 0-85640-405-5.
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