Last Name WATKISS

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Meaning The son of Walter, nickname Wat, diminutive Watkin. Watkiss is a corruption of Watkins, as Perkiss for Hopkins.Watkin, which is still familiar in Wales, was a general favourite throughout England in the hereditary surname period.
Origin English, Irish



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