Hoskin
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the medieval personal name Osekin, literally ‘little Os’, a shortened form of Old English names beginning with os ‘god’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhɑskɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hoskin is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the medieval personal name Osekin, literally ‘little Os’, a shortened form of Old English names beginning with os ‘god’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hoskin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, diminutive of Os-, short for names such as Ōsgōd and Ōsbeorn; first attested Osekin 1274 RH (Lo)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, from the Middle English personal name Osekin, a pet form of the various personal names with an Old English first element os ‘god’. Compare, for example, Osborn, Osgood, and Osmond, or its Old Norse cognate as. For the inorganic initial H-, compare Herrick.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, Osekin, a dim. of the various personal names with an OE first element os god (cf., e.g., Osborn, Osgood, and Osmond), or its ON cogn. as. For the inorganic initial H-, cf. Herrick. Vars: Hoskyn, Hosken, Hosking (all Devon). Patrs.: Hoskin(g)s, Huskisson. Hosky(n)s; Huskinson, Hoskis(s)on,
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In Breton, cocher, entailler
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
In Basque, ( L, BN, S ap. A ). Dentera. (Fig.). Rabia. Ez duzue bidarritarraren bertsuetan barkoxtar Topeten kantorek hanturaz daukaten errabia, hoskin eta gaitzeristerik usnatuko . Ox 206.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Worthington Hoskinb. 1885GBcricketer (1885-1956)
- Michael Hoskinb. 1930GBEnglish historian of science and astronomy
- Chuck Hoskinb. 1952USAmerican politician
- Richard Hoskinb. 1959NZNew Zealand cricketer
- Ashley Hoskinb. 1968GBEnglish footballer (born 1968)
- Sam Hoskinb. 1979USLebanese basketball player (born 1979)
- Alicia Hoskinb. 2000NZNew Zealand sprint canoeist
- Conrad J. Hoskinb. 2000AUAustralian herpetologist
- Philippa M. HoskinGBresearcher
- Sharon HoskinAUAustralian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.7K | #11,733 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.5K | #11,536 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2K | #14,145 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 36 | #29,993 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 16 | #94,489 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 10 | #39,245 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 4 | #10,632 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #263,051 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #138,913 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hoskin mean, and where does it come from?
- from the medieval personal name Osekin, literally ‘little Os’, a shortened form of Old English names beginning with os ‘god’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Hoskin?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhɑskɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Hoskin have the most bearers?
- Hoskin is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hoskin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.