Message: "Askin" - Behind the Name

Askin

by Em (guest)

10/25/2007, 2:36 AM

Hi! We've been tracing our family tree and we came a cross someone with the first name Askin and we were curious as to where it originates! Can anyone help?
:)

Em x

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- Aşkin (guest) +2

5/3/2018, 10:04 AM

The name Aşkin originates in Turkey.
It is a unisex name.
It's meaning is
1. It has passed beyond a certain period of time.
2. Superior to similar ones.
3. Too much.

- তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য (guest) +1

5/6/2018, 8:44 PM

According to online dictionaries, the Turkish word aşkın means over, beyond, exceeding, excessive, transcendent. But, it is also the genitive of a word meaning hanger, and possibly more relevantly of an aşk meaning love that is derived from Arabic عشق.

- thegriffon

5/9/2018, 5:57 AM

In context though it's more likely the Anglo-Norman name Askin "or Asketin, a pet form of Asketill … which is of Old Norse origin". The latter combines "As", god + ketill "kettle" (i.e. cauldron, pot), both a sacred, sacrificial utensil and a euphemism for "helmet".

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