Wilkins Explained

Wilkins or Wilkin is a name variant of William, and may refer to:

People

Given name: Wilkin

Wilkin Castillo (born 1984), Dominican baseball catcher
Wilkin Mota (born 1981), Indian cricketer
Wilkin Ramírez (born 1985), Dominican baseball outfielder
Wilkin Ruan (born 1978), Dominican baseball outfielder

Given name: Wilkins

Wilkins (singer) (Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez, born 1953), Puerto Rican pop music singer and composer
Wilkins P. Horton (1889–1950), American lawyer, lieutenant governor of North Carolina 1937–1941
Wilkins Micawber, character in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield
Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787–1858), American politician and author

Surname

Places and geographical features

Edness K. Wilkins State Park, a state park in Wyoming
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, a historical location in Michigan
Wilkins Coast, a portion of the eastern coast of Antarctica
Wilkin County, Minnesota
Wilkins (crater), a crater on the Moon
Wilkins Gulch, a valley in California
Wilkins Ice Shelf, an ice shelf located in Wilkins Sound
Wilkins Island, an Island in Antarctica
Wilkins Peak, a small mountain in Wyoming
Wilkins Sound, an island sound off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Wilkins Strait (Canada), a waterway in northern Canada
Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Structures

Glover Wilkins Lock, a lock in Mississippi
Roy Wilkins Auditorium, an arena in Minnesota
Wilkins Mill Covered Bridge, an American historic bridge
Wilkins Public School, an Australian school
Wilkins Runway, an aerodrome in Antarctica

Business

Bishop Wilkins College, a society in England
Wilkins Lecture, a series of lectures led by the Royal Society of London
Wilkin & Sons, an English manufacturer of preserves and associated products
Wilkins Coffee, a Washington DC-based coffee company, best known for its commercials starring the Muppet characters Wilkins and Wontkins.

See also