How to pronounce Hopkins?

H-OH-p-Kins- as in "pot" and "tins"

Last Name

Mainly Welsh now, however has Germanic origins.

Male, Female

Hopkin, Hopkinson, Hopkings

renowned-fame; Son of Hob (or "Son of Robert"; a direct translation from the old English version, Hobbe-kyn (source- Wikipedia)

Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English and Welsh derivations mean "son of Hob". It derives from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". It was 'borrowed' into French, where the spelling was changed from "Hob" to "Robert". The name in Ireland is an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic name Mac Oibicin. The name increased in popularity in, and became associated with, Wales around the 17th century. The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England.

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The American pronunciation of Hopkins is

haap·kinz  

h	sounds like the		'h'	in 'hat'
aa	sounds like the		'a'	in 'car'
p	sounds like the		'p'	in 'pet'
k	sounds like the		'k'	in 'key'
ih	sounds like the		'i'	in 'it'
n	sounds like the		'n'	in 'no'
z	sounds like the		'z'	in 'zen'

Hopkins is pronounced as

h AH p k ih n z

h	sounds like the		'h'	in 'hat'
ah	sounds like the		'a'	in 'car'
p	sounds like the		'p'	in 'pet'
k	sounds like the		'k'	in 'key'
ih	sounds like the		'i'	in 'it'
n	sounds like the		'n'	in 'no'
z	sounds like the		'z'	in 'zen'

Hopkins is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ h AH p k ih n z ]

h	AH	p	k	ih	n	z
hat	car	pet	key	it	no	zen

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