Aitken_(surname)
Aitken (surname)
Surname list
The surname Aitken /ˈeɪtkɪn/ is derived from the Lowland Scots personal name Aitken, which is in turn a form of the name Adam. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its frequency was highest in Peeblesshire (23.6 times the British average), followed by Linlithgowshire, Haddingtonshire, Stirlingshire, Fife, Dunbartonshire, Clackmannanshire, Shetland, Edinburghshire and Ayrshire.
The name Aitken may refer to:
- Abbi Aitken-Drummond (born 1991), Scottish cricketer
- A.J. Aitken, Scottish lexicographer
- Alexander Aitken, New Zealand mathematician
- Andrew Aitken, one of several people including
- Andrew Aitken (footballer, born 1909), (1909–1984), English footballer
- Andrew Peebles Aitken (1843–1904), Scottish agricultural chemist
- Andy Aitken (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1955), Scottish footballer
- Anne Hopkins Aitken (1911–1994), American Buddhist
- Aubrey Aitken (1911–1985), second Bishop of Lynn, 1972–1986
- Ashleigh Aitken, American politician
- Bill Aitken, one of several people including
- Bill Aitken (politician), Scottish politician.
- Bill Aitken (traveller), Scottish-born writer and traveller
- Brad Aitken (born 1967), Canadian ice-hockey player
- Brian Aitken, libertarian activist convicted on gun-related charges in New Jersey and subsequently granted clemency
- Charles Aitken, English art administrator
- Charlie Aitken (footballer, born 1932), Scottish footballer
- Charlie Aitken (footballer, born 1942), Scottish footballer
- Chris Aitken (born 1948), Australian rugby player
- Chris Aitken (born 1979), Scottish footballer and manager
- David D. Aitken, American politician from Michigan
- Edith Aitken (1861–1940), British headmistress
- Edward Hamilton Aitken, Scottish writer
- Ewan Aitken, Scottish politician and ordained minister
- George Aitken, one of several people including
- George Aitken (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2006), Scottish footballer and manager
- George Aitken (politician) (1836–1909), merchant and politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada
- George Atherton Aitken CB, MVO (1860–1917), a British civil servant, author, scholar, and a literary biographer
- Glenn Aitken, one of several people including:
- Glenn Aitken (footballer), English football player
- Glenn Aitken (singer), London-based New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
- Harry Aitken (1877–1956), American silent film producer
- Hayley Aitken, Australian singer
- Ian Aitken (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Ian Aitken (journalist) (1927–2018), British journalist and political commentator
- Ian Aitken (footballer) (born 1967), former Australian rules footballer
- Jack Aitken, British-Korean racing driver
- Jacqueline Aitken, British children's writer Jacqueline Wilson
- James Macrae Aitken (1908–1983), Scottish chess player and World War II cryptographer
- Janet Gladys Aitken (1908–1988), Canadian-British socialite
- Janet Macdonald Aitken (1873-1941), Scottish artist
- Jim Aitken, Scottish rugby player
- John Aitken, one of several people including
- John Aitken (music publisher) (c. 1745–1831), Scottish-American music publisher
- John Aitken (politician) (1849–1921), mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
- Johnny Aitken (1885–1918), racing driver
- Johnathan Aitken (born 1978), Canadian ice-hockey player
- Jonathan Aitken (born 1942), British former Conservative minister and convict
- Kate Aitken, Canadian broadcaster
- Kelley Aitken, Canadian writer
- Laurel Aitken, Jamaican ska musician
- Maria Aitken (b. 1945), British actress
- Matt Aitken of Stock Aitken Waterman, British record producer
- Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964), Canadian-British business tycoon and politician
- Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet, British press baron and politician
- Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, British politician
- Hon. Maxwell Francis Aitken
- Michael James Aitken, AM, Australian academic and entrepreneur
- Nicholas Aitken aka Wilbur Wilde, Australian saxophonist
- Pauline Aitken (1893–1958), British artist
- Lady Penelope Aitken (1910–2005), British socialite and daughter of the first Baron of Rugby
- Robert Aitken, one of several people including
- Robert Aitken (Bible Publisher) (1734–1802), American bible publisher
- Robert Aitken (composer) (b. 1939), Canadian flutist and composer
- Sir Robert Aitken (1901 – 1997) University administrator in New Zealand and England
- Robert Baker Aitken (1917–2010), American teacher of Zen Buddhism, grandson of Robert Grant Aitken
- Robert Grant Aitken (1864–1951), American astronomer
- Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, Scottish soldier
- Robert Ingersoll Aitken, American sculptor
- Robert P. Aitken (1819–1873) Michigan Republican Congressman from 1865 to 1868
- Robin Aitken, British journalist
- Roy Aitken, Scottish football player and manager
- Russell Aitken, Australian rugby league player
- Russell Aitken (RAF officer) (1913–1989), New Zealand pilot
- Sally Aitken (academic), Canadian environmentalist
- Sally Aitken (director), Australian film director
- Samuel Aitken, Scottish football player
- Suzy Aitken, New Zealand TV personality
- Violet Aitken (1886 – 1987) was a British suffragette who was force-fed
- William Aitken (disambiguation), several people, including:
- William Aitken (footballer) (1894–1973), Scottish soccer player
- William Aitken (pathologist) (1825–1892), Scottish pathologist
- William Aitken (politician) (1905–1964), journalist and politician
- William Alexander Aitken (1785–1851), fur trader with the Ojibwe
- William McKay Aitken (born 1934), Scottish-born writer and traveller, long a citizen and resident of India
- William Traven Aitken, British politician, father of Jonathan Aitken
