Watkinson Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the medieval personal name Watkin a pet form of Walter .
Watkin Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the personal name Watkin a diminutive of Walter.
Walter Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) German Dutch Polish Swedish and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wald ‘rule’ + heri hari ‘army’. This personal name was introduced into England both in the reign of Edward the Confessor and by the Normans (in the forms Walt(i)er Waut(i)er). After the Norman Conquest it soon became one of the most popular personal names in Britain. Compare Walther . Germanized or Americanized form of Czech Slovak Croatian and Slovenian Valter and Czech Valtr: from the personal name Valter Valtr of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Atkinson, Watkins, Adkinson, Hawkinson, Hankinson, Dickinson, Watson
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts