Släkthistoria för Dorkin
Dorkin Vad efternamn betyder
from the Middle English personal name *Dorkin a pet form of Old English Deōr a variant of Dēor with a shift of stress in the diphthong. It may have been interchangeable with its twin form Derkin also Darkin. alternatively a modern spelling of Dawkin a well attested surname in WR Yorks and Durham and in Essex where Dorkin and Dorking also all occur. The change in pronunciation by which /r/ was lost before a consonant is not generally known before the 19th century so the 1763 example may belong under (1). see Dorking.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
