Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English Atkin . The personal name Atkin is one of many pet forms of the name Adam .[ 1]
The name corresponds to the Scottish name Aitchison . The name Atkinson is particularly common in Northern England . At the time of the British Census of 1881,[ 2] its relative frequency was highest in Westmorland (19.8 times the British average), followed by Cumberland , County Durham , Northumberland , Yorkshire , Lincolnshire , Lancashire , Cheshire and Rutland . In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down . Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters , although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period.[ 3]
Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region , having been originally spelt Atzinson (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in yet ).[ 3]
People with the surname [ edit ]
Adeline Detroit Wood Atkinson (1841–1916), American hotelier
Aimie Atkinson , British stage actress and singer
Al Atkinson , American football player
Alan Atkinson , Australian Rules footballer
Alan Atkinson (historian) , Australian historian
Alfred Atkinson , British soldier
Alia Atkinson , Jamaican swimmer
Anthony Barnes Atkinson , British economist
Arthur Atkinson (disambiguation) , multiple people
Ashlie Atkinson , American actress
Barbara Atkinson (1926–2015), English actress
Basil Atkinson , (1895–1971) Under-librarian of Cambridge University, writer on theology
Bert Atkinson , fictional character from EastEnders
Bill Atkinson , creator of Apple Computer's QuickDraw , MacPaint and HyperCard
Bill Atkinson (baseball) , Major League Baseball pitcher
Bill Atkinson (designer) (1916–1995), American fashion designer
Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2013), English footballer
Bridget Atkinson (1732–1814), English shell collector.
Brodie Atkinson , Australian rules footballer
Brooks Atkinson , New York Times theatre critic
Bruce Atkinson , Australian politician
Cam Atkinson , American ice hockey player
Carl Atkinson (died 1985), Australian diver and salvage expert
Chloe Atkinson , fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
Chris Atkinson , Australian rally driver
C. T. Atkinson , (1874–1964), Oxford military historian
Christopher Atkinson (missionary) (fl 1652–5), early Quaker missionary from Westmorland and one of the Valiant Sixty
Christopher Atkinson Saville (c. 1738 –1819), alter known as Christopher Atkinson until about 1798, English merchant and politician
Colin Atkinson , British cricketer and teacher
Isabel Atkinson (1891–1968), British-Canadian philanthropist and women's rights activist
James Atkinson (disambiguation) , multiple people
Janelle Atkinson (born 1982), Jamaican freestyle swimmer
Janette Atkinson , British psychologist and academic
Janice Atkinson British MEP for the South East England region
Jerry Atkinson , American politician
Joanne Atkinson , English swimmer and Olympic athlete
John Atkinson (disambiguation) , multiple people
Jon Atkinson , English cricketer
Joseph E. Atkinson , Canadian newspaper editor
Josh Atkinson , English footballer
Juliette Atkinson , American tennis player
June Atkinson , American politician
La'Tangela Atkinson , American basketball player
Lawrence Atkinson , English artist, musician and poet
Lefty Atkinson , American baseball player
Leigh Atkinson , English swimmer
Leonard Atkinson , British engineer and senior British Army officer
Leonard A. Atkinson , New Zealand civil servant
Lily Atkinson , New Zealand temperance campaigner, suffragist and feminist
Lisle Atkinson , American musician
Llewellyn Atkinson , Australian politician
Louis E. Atkinson , American physician, attorney and politician
Louisa Atkinson , Australian writer, botanist and illustrator
Lucas Atkinson , American politician
Lucy Atkinson , English explorer and author
Ted Atkinson , Canadian jockey
Terry Atkinson , British artist
Thomas Dinham Atkinson , (1864–1948), architect and antiquarian with an interest in English ecclesiastical architecture
Thomas Lewis Atkinson , English engraver
Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799–1861), English architect, artist and traveller
Ti-Grace Atkinson , American feminist writer
Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), British poet
Todd Atkinson , Canadian Anglican bishop
Tom Atkinson (1930–1990), English cricketer
Species named after a person named Atkinson [ edit ]
Lethrinus atkinsoni