Leykin

Leykin, Leikin, Lejkin, Leykind (feminine: Leykina, Leikina) are surnames of Ashkenazi Jewish origin. It is a Slavic-language-infliuenced matronymic surname derived from the Yiddish diminutive form "Leyka" of the given name Leah. Notable people with this surname include:


 * Boris Leykin, the namesake of the Leykina Island, Russia
 * Jakub Lejkin (1906-1952), Polish Jewish lawyer, Nazi collaborator, deputy commander of Warsaw Ghetto
 * Leonid Leykin (born 1961), Russian clown, actor, and film director
 * Lindsay Sloane Leikin-Rollins (born 1977), American actress
 * Nikolai Leykin (1841 – 1906), Russian writer, artist, playwright, journalist and publisher
 * Polina Leykina (born 1994), Russian tennis player
 * Vyacheslav Leikin (born 1937) Russian poet and playwright