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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female name Itke, a pet form of the biblical name Judith + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
  • English : from the Middle English personal name Idkin, a pet form of the personal name Ida.

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