Hopkins

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UK/ˈhɒp.kɪnz/US/ˈhɑp.kɪnz/Australia/ˈhɔp.kɪnz/New Zealand[ˈhɔ̟p.kənz]

proper noun

An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.

CommonScrabble 16

Meanings

Hopkins1

proper nounHopkins (countable and uncountable, plural Hopkinses)

plural Hopkinses

  1. countableuncountableAn English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
    1 more example

    Now if Hopkins had kept her job, but had developed it into a column for the compassionate wit and insight and reasoned argument that she is genuinely, truly capable of, then I’ll crack out the champagne, because that truly would be worth lifting a glass to. But for now, we have nothing to cheer about.

    2017 November 28, Jack Monroe, “I took Katie Hopkins to court – but I won’t celebrate her leaving Mail Online”, in The Guardian
  2. A placename
    1. countableuncountableFormer name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California.
    2. countableuncountableA township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
    3. countableuncountableA township and village therein, in Allegan County, Michigan.
    4. countableuncountableA suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
    5. countableuncountableA minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.
    6. countableuncountableA coastal village in eastern Belize.
    7. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Hopkins County.

Hopkins2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Hopkin

Origin

Hopkins · proper noun

From Hob + -kin + the patronymic suffix -s.

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Hopkins · proper noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Cite this entry
APA

Hopkins. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hopkins

MLA

“Hopkins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hopkins. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hopkins,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hopkins.

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