Mackin
# Mackin

Mackin is a surname of multiple origins in the British Isles.

In Scotland, it originates from the west coast and the Hebrides as MacKin, from the Gaelic Mac Sim or Mac Shimidh meaning "son of Simon".

In Wales, Mackin is thought to be derived from the village of Machen in Monmouthshire.

In Ireland, Mackin was the County Monaghan spelling of MacMaicin, a sept from the Kingdom of Oriel.

## People with this name

* Alan Mackin (footballer), Scottish footballer, entrepreneur, and football club owner
* Alan Mackin (tennis) (born 1981), Scottish tennis player
* Cassie Mackin, American journalist
* Edward Mackin, a pseudonym of the American religious scholar and fiction writer Ralph McInerny
* James Mackin, American banker
* John Mackin, Scottish footballer and manager
* Levi Mackin, English footballer
* Peter Mackin (1878–1917), English footballer
* Sean Mackin (musician), violinist and backing vocalist for Yellowcard
