Släkthistoria för Feakins
Feakins Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Ficken (2) with post-medieval excrescent -s. The main vowel of Middle English Fikun (becoming Fikin and Fiken) was lowered and lengthened to give Fekin and Feken later spelled Feakin. See also Figgins which shows voicing of the intervocalic consonant and compare John Figgen 1631 in IGI (Brenzett Kent) and Susannah Figgins 1769 in IGI (Lynsted Kent).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
