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/* Wilkins */ dab Richard Wilkins
'''Wilkins''' or '''Wilkin''' is a name variant of [[William (name)|William]].
It is of [[Middle Ages|medieval]] origin taken from a [[diminutive]] version of [[William]] (in the [[hypocoristic]] form Will) with the suffix "-kin", meaning "small, or little".
People named Wilkin or Wilkins:
== Wilkins ==
** [[Andrew Wilkins]] American College Football Player
** [[Brad Wilkins]] American Architect
** [[Charles Wilkins]] English orientalist (1749-1836)
** [[Damien Wilkins]] U.S. basketball player in the NBA
** [[David Wilkins]] U.S.A. ambassador to Canada
** [[Dominique Wilkins]] retired U.S. basketball player in the NBA
** [[George Wilkins]] English dramatist (17th century)
** [[Gerald Wilkins]] U.S. basketball player in the NBA
** [[Glover Wilkins]] U.S. Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway administrator
** Sir [[George Hubert Wilkins]] Australian polar explorer (1888-1958)
** [[Jeff Wilkins]] U.S. football player
** [[John Wilkins]] English Bishop (1614-1672)
** [[Laisha Wilkins]] Mexican actress and talk show hostess
** [[Lenny Wilkins]] former NBA basketball coach
** [[Mac Wilkins|Malcolm Maurice Wilkins]] (born November 15, 1950 in [[Eugene, Oregon]]) U.S.A. [[United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics#Gold|Discus Throw Olympic medallist Montreal 1976]], Olympic record 67.50 m
** [[Maurice Wilkins]] British physicist and Nobel Laureate (1916-2004)
** [[Michael J. Wilkins]] Utah State Supreme Court Justice
** [[Ray Wilkins]] English football player
** [[Richard Wilkins (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)]] Fictional character in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
** [[Richard Wilkins (TV presenter)]], Australian television presenter
** [[Roger Wilkins]] U.S. civil rights leader
** [[Roy Wilkins]] U.S. Civil Rights activist (1901-1981)
** [[William Wilkins (architect)|William Wilkins]] Architect (1778-1839)
** [[William Wilkins (U.S. Senator)|William Wilkins]] U.S. A. Senator (1779–1865)
** [[Vaughan Wilkins]] (English historical Novelist)
* '''First name Wilkins'''
** [[Wilkins Micawber]] Fictional character from the novel ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]]''
** [[Wilkins Velez]] Latin pop musician and singer, commonly known as "Wilkins"
== Wilkin ==
* [[Abra Prentice Wilkin]]
* [[Catherine Wilkin]], Australian actress
* [[Catherine Wilkin (actor)]]
* [[Jeremy Wilkin]]
* [[Jon Wilkin]]
* [[Karen Wilkin]]
* [[Marijohn Wilkin]], American songwriter
* [[Wilma Wilkin]]
* [[Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin, III]], fictional character
== Places named Wilkin ==
* [[Wilkins (crater)|Wilkins]] is the name of a crater on the Moon.
* [[Wilkin County, Minnesota]]
* [[Wilkins Township, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Wilkins Sound]] - an [[Sound (geography)|island sound]] off the coast of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]
* [[Wilkins Ice Shelf]] - an ice shelf located in [[Wilkins Sound]]
* [[Wilkins (island)]] - the name of an Island in [[Antarctica]]
* [[Wilkins Runway]] - a single runway aerodrome operated by [[Australia]], located in the area known as [[Wilkes Land]] on the [[continent of Antarctica]]
== See also ==
* [[Wilkens]]
* [[Wilken]]
[[Category:Surnames]]
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