Dirkin Family History
Dirkin Name Meaning
from Mac Duarcáin see Durkin . from the Middle English personal name Dirkin either a form of Middle Dutch Dierkin or a pet form of south-western Middle English *Dire (Old English *Dȳre) a side form of Dere (Old English *Dēore). See Dear and Derkin . alternatively a post-medieval spelling of Derkin .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016