Eskins meaning | Last name Eskins origin

The Eskins is variant of the Erskine. There is no doubt what ever of this name having originated from the lands of Erskine, as stated in the body of the Dictionary; but the family have a tradition of another derivation and a higher antiquity. A Scotchman, who flourished, we are told, temp. Malcolm II (1004—1030) having killed Enric, a Danish general, at the battle of Murt-Hill, cut off his head, and with a bloody dagger in his hand, showed it to the monarch exclaiming, in Gaelic: "I did it with my Highland sword (Eris skyne), and I intend to perform more such feats;" whereupon Malcolm conferred upon him the name of Erskine, and assigned him the crest of a hand holding a dagger, with the motto Je pense plus. A crest, and a French motto in Scotland in the tenth century are curiosities of heraldry' hardly surpassed by the coat-armours of Adam, Noah, King David, and Alexander the Great! See Skene, for an analogous figment.

Family name is variation of Erskine. The name of this ancient and noble Scottish family is derived from the barony of Erskine on the Clyde, in Renfrewshire, and it was first assumed by Henry of Erskine.

Family name Eskins is a variant form of Erskine. One who came from Erskine meaning "green ascent," in Renfrewshire.

Eskins is the variant form of Areskin. A sufficiently obvious corruption of the Scottish name Erskine, which, indeed, is so pronounced in the North.