Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English name means "son of Hob". Hob was a diminutive of Robert, itself deriving from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". The Robert spelling was introduced to England after the Norman conquest of England.[citation needed]

Hopkins
Origin
Language(s)English, Welsh, Irish Gaelic
Meaning"renowned-fame"; "Son of Hob" (or "Son of Robert"; a direct translation from the old English version, Hobbe-kyn)
Region of originWales, England, Scotland, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)ap Popkyn, Hupkens, Hopkin, Hopcyn, Hopkinson, Dob(b), Hob(b), Hop, Nob(b), Rob, Robb, Robin, Robbins, Robinson, Popkyn, Robert
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The surname Hopkins or Hopcyn is associated with, and most common in, Wales. A typical Welsh patronym, it is first recorded as ab Popkyn (son of Hopkin) in Monmouth, in the early 17th century, and became a standardized surname under English law.

The name in Ireland is an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic surname Mac Oibicin.

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  1. ^ Hopkins Surname at Forebears
  2. ^ "DR. J.G. HOPKINS, A DERMATOLOGIST; Professor at Columbia From 1925 to 1947 Dies Also Was Pathologist, Bacteriologist - The New York Times". The New York Times. 2023-12-17. Archived from the original on 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2023-12-17.