Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English Atkin. The personal name Atkin is one of many pet forms of the name Adam.

The name corresponds to the Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 name Aitchison

Aitchison

Aitchison is a Scottish surname of Anglo-Scots origin. It derives from the pet name Atkin, which is a diminutive of Adam.In Scotland, a more common variant of the name is Acheson. It corresponds to the English name Atkinson, which is particularly common in Northern England...

. The name Atkinson is particularly common in Northern England

Northern England

Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North or the North Country, is a cultural region of England. It is not an official government region, but rather an informal amalgamation of counties. The southern extent of the region is roughly the River Trent, while the North is bordered...

. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Westmorland

Westmorland

Westmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...

 (19.8 times the British average), followed by Cumberland

Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....

, County Durham

County Durham

County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...

, Northumberland

Northumberland

Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

 and Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

. In Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 the name is common only in Ulster

Ulster

Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island. In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial...

 and particularly in counties Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

 and Down

County Down

-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

. Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters

Plantation of Ulster

The Plantation of Ulster was the organised colonisation of Ulster—a province of Ireland—by people from Great Britain. Private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while official plantation controlled by King James I of England and VI of Scotland began in 1609...

, although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period.

Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region

Scottish Marches

Scottish Marches was the term used for the Anglo-Scottish border during the late medieval and early modern eras—from the late 13th century, with the creation by Edward I of England of the first Lord Warden of the Marches to the early 17th century and the creation of the Middle Shires, promulgated...

, having been originally spelled Atzinson (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in yet).

A

• Al Atkinson
  Al Atkinson
  Allen Edward Atkinson is a former American football linebacker who played in the American Football League and the National Football League . He played high school ball at Monsignor Bonner High School. He played college football at Villanova University, where he was a linebacker...
  
  , American football player
• Alan Atkinson
  Alan Atkinson
  Alan Atkinson is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League .Atkinson was recruited by Collingwood from Hamilton, and made his debut in 1970. Despite playing 134 games for the Pies, Atkinson failed to make a Grand Final appearance when opportunities arose. He...
  
  , Australian Rules footballer
• Alfred Atkinson
  Alfred Atkinson
  Alfred Atkinson VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
  
  , British soldier
• Anthony Barnes Atkinson
  Anthony Barnes Atkinson
  Sir Anthony Barnes "Tony" Atkinson, FBA, is a British economist and has been a Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford since 2005.-Career:Atkinson served as Warden of Nuffield College from 1994 to 2005...
  
  , British economist
• Arthur Atkinson (disambiguation)
  Arthur Atkinson (disambiguation)
  Arthur Atkinson may refer to:* Arthur Atkinson , fictional character on the TV show The Fast Show* Arthur Atkinson , British football player in the club Paget Rangers F.C....
  
  , several people
• Arthur K. Atkinson
  Arthur K. Atkinson
  Arthur K. Atkinson was president of the Wabash Railroad in the mid-20th century. In 1949, he served as a director for the Chicago Railroad Fair.- Legacy :...
  
  , American railroad president
• Ashlie Atkinson
  Ashlie Atkinson
  Ashlie Atkinson is an American stage, film, and television actress.-Background:Atkinson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She moved to New York at age 17 and attended Barnard College...
  
  , American actress

B

• Bert Atkinson, fictional character from EastEnders
• Bill Atkinson
  Bill Atkinson
  Bill Atkinson is an American computer engineer and photographer. Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego, where Apple Macintosh developer Jef Raskin was one of his professors...
  
  , creator of Apple Computer's QuickDraw, MacPaint and HyperCard
• Bill Atkinson (baseball)
  Bill Atkinson (baseball)
  William Cecil Glenn Atkinson is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The 5'7", 165 lb. right-hander was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent on October 4, , and he played for them from to ....
  
  , Major League Baseball pitcher
• Brodie Atkinson
  Brodie Atkinson
  Brodie Atkinson is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.Atkinson made his debut for St Kilda after being a first-round draft pick in the 1992 AFL Draft. In his debut match he had 25 touches and earned an AFL Rising Star nomination, but was dropped after...
  
  , Australian rules footballer
• Brooks Atkinson
  Brooks Atkinson
  Justin Brooks Atkinson was an American theatre critic. He worked for The New York Times from 1925 to 1960...
  
  , New York Times theatre critic
• Bruce Atkinson
  Bruce Atkinson
  Bruce Norman Atkinson is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since October 1992, representing Koonung Province from 1992 to 2006 and Eastern Metropolitan Region since. He is currently the President of the Legislative Council.Atkinson was born...
  
  , Australian politician
• Bruce Atkinson (poker player)
  Bruce Atkinson (poker player)
  Robert Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson is an English professional poker player and the President of the European Poker Players Hall of Fame.Atkinson started off playing seven card stud in the early 1980s, but moved to hold'em later....
  
  , British poker player

C

• Chloe Atkinson
  Chloe Atkinson
  Chloe Atkinson is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Amy Nuttall. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 4 December 2000. Nuttal quit the serial in order to pursue a singing career after performing at a football event.-Character casting and...
  
  , fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Chris Atkinson
  Chris Atkinson
  Chris Atkinson in Bega, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional rally driver. In the WRC , he drove for the Subaru World Rally Team from 2004-2008. His best finish on an individual WRC event is second, which he achieved at the 2008 Rally México and Rally Argentina...
  
  , Australian rally driver
• Colin Atkinson
  Colin Atkinson
  Colin Ronald Michael Atkinson CBE - Cricketer, schoolmaster and headmaster of Millfield School....
  
  , British cricketer and teacher

D

• Dalian Atkinson
  Dalian Atkinson
  Dalian Robert Atkinson is an English former footballer who played as a striker in the Football League and Premier League for Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Manchester City, in La Liga for Real Sociedad, in Ligue 1 for Metz, in the Turkish Super League for Fenerbahçe, in Saudi...
  
  , British footballer
• Damon Atkinson
  Damon Atkinson
  Damon Atkinson replaced Roy Ewing as the drummer of Braid in 1997 and stayed in the band until it disbanded in 1999. His playing style is often noted for being heavy on complex time signatures, sometimes going into polyrhythmic territory....
  
  , Drummer
• Dan Atkinson
  Dan Atkinson
  Dan Atkinson is a British journalist and author.He has been economics editor of The Mail on Sunday since 2000, before which he was for ten years a financial correspondent with The Guardian, in which role he specialised in issues of regulation and fraud...
  
  , British journalist and author
• Denis Atkinson
  Denis Atkinson
  Denis St Eval Atkinson was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches as an all-rounder, hitting 922 runs and taking 47 wickets. He also played first-class cricket for Barbados and Trinidad...
  
  , Barbadian cricketer

E

• Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
  Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
  Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson was an American author, journalist and teacher.She was born Eleanor Stackhouse in Rensselaer, Indiana, and later married Francis Blake Atkinson, himself also an author. She taught in schools in both Indianapolis and Chicago...
  
  , American writer
• Eric Atkinson
  Eric Atkinson
  Eric St Eval Atkinson played eight Tests for the West Indies. He was the younger brother of Denis Atkinson, and the two were the third pair of brothers to turn out together for the West Indies. Atkinson was primarily a seam bowler, taking 25 wickets in his one-year Test career...
  
  , Barbadian cricketer, brother of Denis
• Eugene Atkinson
  Eugene Atkinson
  Eugene Vincent Atkinson was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Atkinson was born in the Pittsburgh Metro Area city of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. Atkinson was the director of customs for the port of Pittsburgh from 1962 to 1969...
  
  , American politician

F

• Fred Atkinson
  Fred Atkinson
  Fred Atkinson was an American Director of Education in the Philippines from 1900 up to 1902. During his time, he gave emphasis in providing Filipinos with vocational training.- References :...
  
  , American Director of Education in the Philippines (1900–1902)
• Frederick Atkinson
  Frederick Atkinson
  Sir Frederick John Atkinson KCB is a retired British civil servant.Atkinson was educated at Dulwich College and Jesus College, Oxford. He lectured at Jesus and Trinity Colleges before joining the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office in 1949. He spent 1952 to 1954 at the British Embassy in...
  
   (born 1919), retired British civil servant

G

• Gemma Atkinson
  Gemma Atkinson
  Gemma Louise Atkinson is an English actress, television personality and glamour and lingerie model.-Personal life:...
  
  , British actress
• George Atkinson
  George Atkinson (disambiguation)
  George Atkinson may refer to:*George Atkinson , businessman and video rental pioneer from California, United States*George Atkinson , American football player in the AFL and NFL...
  
  , one of several people
• Graham Atkinson
  Graham Atkinson
  Graham Atkinson is an English former football player. He was a stalwart at Oxford United in their initial years in the Football League . His brother is Ron Atkinson.-Playing career:...
  
  , British footballer, brother of Ronald Frederick "Big Ron" Atkinson

H

• Harry Atkinson
  Harry Atkinson
  Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...
  
  , New Zealand premier
• Harry E. Atkinson
  Harry E. Atkinson
  Harry E. Atkinson was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from July 1, 1974 to July 1, 1976. His single term in office saw the development of two major landmark buildings in the city's midtown area - the Rouse Tower office complex in 1974 and Newmarket North Mall in 1975...
  
  , American politician
• Henry Atkinson, several people

I

• Isabel Atkinson
  Isabel Atkinson
  Isabel Atkinson was an English born Canadian women's rights activist, sociologist and philanthropist who became president of the Consumers’ Association of Canada....
  
   (1891–1968), British-Canadian philanthropist and women's rights activist

J

• James Atkinson, one of several people
• Janelle Atkinson
  Janelle Atkinson
  Janelle Anya Monique Atkinson-Wignall is a Jamaican freestyle swimmer who won three silver medals at the 1999 Pan American Games.Atkinson represented Jamaica at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics...
  
   (born 1982), Jamaican freestyle swimmer
• Jerry Atkinson
  Jerry Atkinson
  Fitzgerald "Jerry" Atkinson, Jr. was vice mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, USA from 1966 to 1971.-Early life and career:...
  
  , American politician
• Joanne Atkinson
  Joanne Atkinson
  Joanne Louise Atkinson is a former British Olympic swimmer.Atkinson attended Millfield School and represented Great Britain in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. At Millfield, Atkinson was trained by Paddy Garratt. Atkinson swam in the women's 100 and 200 m butterfly...
  
  , English swimmer and Olympic athlete
• John Atkinson, one of several people
• Jon Atkinson
  Jon Atkinson
  Jonathon Colin Mark Atkinson was an English cricketer. He was born at Butleigh, Somerset. He played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University between 1985 and 1990...
  
  , English cricketer
• Joseph E. Atkinson
  Joseph E. Atkinson
  -External links:*-References:...
  
  , Canadian newspaper editor
• Josh Atkinson
  Josh Atkinson
  Joshua Whitehead "Josh" Atkinson was an English footballer. He began his career with his hometown club Blackpool in 1923, but did not make any League appearances for the Seasiders. He joined Leeds United in 1924, and went on to make 52 League appearances for the club...
  
  , English footballer
• Juliette Atkinson
  Juliette Atkinson
  Juliette Paxton Atkinson was an American female tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States....
  
  , American tennis player
• June Atkinson
  June Atkinson
  June St. Clair Atkinson was elected North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 3, 2004, in a race that was decided by the North Carolina General Assembly on August 23, 2005. She was re-elected in 2008. Dr...
  
  , American politician

M

• Mark Atkinson
  Mark Atkinson
  Mark Neville Atkinson is a former Australian cricket player, who played for Tasmania. He played for the Tigers from 1990 until 2000, and was a regular feature in both their first class and one-day sides....
  
  , Australian cricketer
• Mark Atkinson (footballer), New Zealand association football player
• Mark Atkinson (scientist)
  Mark Atkinson (scientist)
  Dr. Atkinson is currently an Eminent Scholar for Diabetes Research at The University of Florida. He also is the co-Director for The Diabetes Center of Excellence at that institution. The author of over 250 publications, Dr. Atkinson is beginning his 28th year of investigation into the field of type...
  
  , Diabetes Researcher
• Martin Atkinson
  Martin Atkinson
  -Europe and international:On 13 October 2007, Atkinson refereed a group C qualifier for Euro 2008 between Moldova and Turkey. The game in the Moldovan capital Chişinău ended a 1–1 draw, with the referee showing two yellow cards....
  
  , English football referee
• Maudie Atkinson, fictional character from Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird
  To Kill a Mockingbird
  To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature...
  
  
• Michael Atkinson
  Michael Atkinson
  Michael John Atkinson , an Australian politician, was the South Australian Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Rann Labor Government. A day after the 2010 election, he stepped down as Attorney-General and resigned...
  
  , Australian politician

N

• Neville Atkinson
  Neville Atkinson
  Neville Atkinson was born in Beverley in the East riding of Yorkshire. He was a successful night fighter pilot for the Fleet Air Arm in the Royal Navy. Neville served on the HMS Centaur and piloted Sea Vixen FAW2 fighters...
  
  , Royal Navy pilot
• Norman Atkinson
  Norman Atkinson
  Norman Atkinson is a British politician who served as Labour Member of Parliament for the London constituency of Tottenham from 1964 until 1987....
  
   (born 1923), British politician

P

• Paul Atkinson, one of several people
• Peter Atkinson
  Peter Atkinson
  Peter Landreth Atkinson is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hexham from 1992 until 2010.-Early life:...
  
  , British politician

R

• Richard Atkinson, one of several people
• Rick Atkinson
  Rick Atkinson
  Rick Atkinson is an American journalist and author whose contributions led to four Pulitzer Prizes.-Life:Atkinson was born in Munich. His father was an United States Army officer and he grew up at military posts. He earned his bachelor degree from East Carolina University in 1974 and a master of...
  
  , American writer and editor
• Robert d'Escourt Atkinson
  Robert d'Escourt Atkinson
  Robert d'Escourt Atkinson was a British astronomer, physicist and inventor.-Biography:...
  
  , physicist
• Robert Atkinson (architect)
  Robert Atkinson (architect)
  Robert Atkinson, OBE was an English architect primarily working in the Art Deco style.Atkinson was born in Wigton, Cumberland and studied at University College, Nottingham before studying abroad in Paris, Italy and America. He was a talented draughtsman and worked for C.E. Mallows from 1905...
  
  
• Robert Atkinson (footballer)
  Robert Atkinson (footballer)
  Robert Guy "Rob" Atkinson is an English footballer who plays for Fleetwood Town as a defender. He has previously played for Barnsley, Scarborough, Halifax Town, Rochdale and Grimsby Town.-Barnsley:...
  
  
• Ron Atkinson
  Ron Atkinson
  Ronald Ernest Atkinson, commonly known as "Big Ron" and "Bojangles" is an English former football player and manager. In recent years he has become one of Britain's best-known football pundits...
  
   ("Big Ron"), British football manager
• Rowan Atkinson
  Rowan Atkinson
  Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is a British actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Thin Blue Line...
  
  , British comedian, known for his role as Mr. Bean
• Ruth Atkinson
  Ruth Atkinson
  Ruth Atkinson Ford née Ruth Atkinson and a.k.a. R. Atkinson Ruth Atkinson Ford née Ruth Atkinson and a.k.a. R. Atkinson Ruth Atkinson Ford née Ruth Atkinson and a.k.a. R. Atkinson (June 2, 1918 - June 1, 1997 was an American cartoonist and pioneering female comic book artist who helped create the...
  
  , American comics artist

S

• Sallyanne Atkinson
  Sallyanne Atkinson
  Sallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian politician, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane and former chair of ABC Learning, a bankrupted Australian childcare operator.She is Special Representative for the Queensland Government in South-East Asia....
  
  , Australian politician
• Shane Atkinson
  Shane Atkinson
  Shane Atkinson, of Christchurch, New Zealand was a major spammer whose details were leaked on to the Internet soon after an article was written about him in the New Zealand Herald...
  
  , New Zealand spammer
• Steve Atkinson
  Steve Atkinson
  Stephen John "The Snail" Atkinson was a Canadian ice hockey player who played the positions of center and right wing....
  
  , Canadian ice hockey player
• Steve Atkinson (cricketer)
  Steve Atkinson (cricketer)
  Stephen Robert "Steve" Atkinson is an English-born cricketer who has represented both the Netherlands and Hong Kong in international competition....
  
   (born 1952), English cricketer

T

• Ted Atkinson
  Ted Atkinson
  Theodore Francis Atkinson was a Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1957....
  
  , Canadian jockey
• Terry Atkinson
  Terry Atkinson
  Terry Atkinson is an English artist.Atkinson was born in Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, Yorkshire. In 1967 he began to teach art at the Coventry School of Art while producing conceptual works, sometimes in collaboration with Michael Baldwin...
  
  , British artist
• Ti-Grace Atkinson
  Ti-Grace Atkinson
  Ti-Grace Atkinson is an American feminist author.Atkinson was born into a prominent Louisiana family. The "Ti" in her name reflects the Cajun or French language petite, for little....
  
  , American feminist writer

W

• William Stephen Atkinson
  William Stephen Atkinson
  William Stephen Atkinson was a British lepidopterist who worked for much of his life in India.William was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas D, Atkinson, of Chesterton, in Suffolk. He became interested in nature at Cannock Chase, when his father became Vicar of Rugeley. He started collecting British...
  
  , Indian lepidopterist
• William Walker Atkinson
  William Walker Atkinson
  William Walker Atkinson was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q...
  
   (Yogi Ramacharaka), American writer

See also

• Acheson (surname)
  Acheson (surname)
  Acheson is a surname of Anglo-Scots origin with Norman antecedents.ache is gaelic form of ayres :ayr: meaning sword. acheson are the sons of the sword for the scottish crown...
  
  
• Atkinson (disambiguation)