Haskin Family History
Haskin Name Meaning
English: in northern England a variant of Askin with prosthetic H-. English: habitational name from Haskayne in Halsall (Lancashire) possibly from Old Welsh hescenn ‘marsh bog’. There may have been some confusion with Heskin Askin and Axon . English: in southern England a post-medieval variant of Hoskin with unrounding of the vowel. Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiscin from a personal name of uncertain origin. The Irish surname has also been Anglicized as Waters because of its supposed resemblance to the word uisce ‘water’. Compare Hiskey . Jewish (from Ukraine): metronymic from Yiddish name Khaske a pet form of Khane (see Hanna ) + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022