Aitken (surname)

The surname Aitken /ˈeɪtkɪn/ is derived from the Lowland Scots personal name Aitken, which is in turn a form of the name Adam.^[1]

The name Aitken may refer to:

• 8 Ball Aitken (born 1981), Australian musician
• Abbi Aitken-Drummond (born 1991), Scottish cricketer
• A. J. Aitken (1921–1998), Scottish lexicographer
• Alexander Aitken (1895–1967), New Zealand mathematician
• Alexander Aitken (rugby union) (1869–1925), Scotland international rugby union player
• Andy or Andrew Aitken (disambiguation)
• Anne Hopkins Aitken (1911–1994), American Buddhist
• Aubrey Aitken (1911–1985), second Bishop of Lynn
• Ashleigh Aitken, American politician elected mayor of Anaheim, California, in 2022
• Bill Aitken (politician) (born 1947), Scottish politician
• Bill Aitken (traveller) (1934–2025), Scottish-born Indian travel writer
• Brad Aitken (born 1967), Canadian ice-hockey player
• Brian Aitken, 21st century American libertarian activist convicted on gun-related charges and subsequently pardoned
• Charles Aitken (1869–1936), English art administrator
• Charlie Aitken (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2008), Scottish footballer
• Charlie Aitken (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2023), Scottish footballer
• Chris Aitken (born 1979), Scottish footballer and manager
• Chris Aitken (Australian footballer) (born 1948), Australian rugby player
• David D. Aitken (1853–1930), American politician
• David Aitken (minister) (1796–1875), Scottish minister and church historian
• Edith Aitken (1861–1940), British headmistress
• Edward Hamilton Aitken (1851–1909), Anglo-Indian writer
• Ewan Aitken (born 1962), Scottish politician and Church of Scotland minister
• George Aitken (disambiguation)
• Glenn Aitken (footballer), English football player
• Glenn Aitken (singer), London-based New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
• Glenn Aitken, mayor of the City of Frankston, Australia (2007–2008)
• Harry Aitken (1877–1956), American silent film producer
• Hayley Aitken (born 1986), Australian singer
• Hugh Aitken (composer) (1924–2012), American composer
• Hugh Aitken (curler), Scottish curler
• Hugh G. J. Aitken (1922–1994), American scholar, recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal
• Ian Aitken (journalist) (1927–2018), British journalist and political commentator
• Ian Aitken (footballer) (born 1967), former Australian rules footballer
• Jack Aitken (born 1995), British-Korean racing driver
• Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945), British children's writer born Jacqueline Aitken
• James Aitken (disambiguation)
• Janet Gladys Aitken (1908–1988), Canadian-British socialite
• Janet Macdonald Aitken (1873–1941), Scottish artist
• Jim Aitken (born 1947), Scottish rugby player
• Jimmy Aitken (1872–1944), former Australian rules footballer
• John Aitken (disambiguation)
• Johnny Aitken (1885–1918), American racing driver
• Johnathan Aitken (born 1978), Canadian ice-hockey player
• Jonathan Aitken (born 1942), British former Conservative minister and convict
• Kate Aitken (1891–1971), Canadian radio and television broadcaster
• Kelley Aitken, Canadian writer
• Laurel Aitken (1927–2005), Cuban-Jamaican ska musician
• Margaret Aitken (1906–1980), Canadian author, columnist, journalist and politician
• Margaret Aitken (witch) (died 1597), Scottish confessed witch who implicated many innocent women
• Maria Aitken (born 1945), British actress
• Matt Aitken (born 1956), British songwriter and record producer
• Matt Aitken (special effects artist), 20th-21st century American special effects artist
• Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964), Canadian-British business tycoon and politician
• Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet (1910–1985), British press baron and politician
• Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook (born 1951), British politician
• Michael James Aitken (born 1957), Australian economist and entrepreneur
• Nicholas Aitken, (born 1955), aka Wilbur Wilde, Australian saxophonist
• Pauline Aitken (1893–1958), British artist
• Penelope Aitken (1910–2005), British socialite
• Robert Aitken (disambiguation)
• Robin Aitken (born 1952), British journalist
• Roy Aitken (born 1958), Scottish football player and manager
• Russell Aitken (born 1985), Australian rugby league player
• Russell Aitken (RAF officer) (1913–1989), New Zealand Second World War Royal Air Force pilot
• Sally Aitken (academic) (born 1961), Canadian environmentalist
• Sally Aitken (director), 21st century Australian film director
• Samuel Aitken (1878–1930), Scottish footballer
• Violet Aitken (1886–1987), British suffragette who was force-fed
• William Aitken (disambiguation)