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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by mturmon on Monday February 10, 2025 @01:03PM (#43003188)
If you want to go looking,

  grep '[^s]kin$' /usr/share/dict/words
turns up a lot. You have to guess at the candidates, like:

  pipkin -- a little earthenware pot
  firkin -- a small cask
  dodkin -- a coin of little value
  ciderkin -- watered-down cider
Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by decimalenough on Monday February 10, 2025 @03:39PM (#43004863)
Don't forget the merkin -- pubic wig.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merkin

Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by harperawl on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:50AM (#43010854)
Another one of my favorites, grimalkin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimalkin):

grey + Maude + kin = grimalkin.

Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by randomcarbloke on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @07:04AM (#43011855)
catkin