Chaykin (Slavic feminine: Chaykina) is a Jewish matronymic surname derived from the belittling diminutive Chayka of the female given name Chaya. It may also be a Russian surname derived from the word "chaika" "sea gull". The first consonant in the two names is pronounced differently. Variants are Chaikin and Chaiken.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Howard Chaykin (born 1950), American comic book artist and writer
• Konstantin Chaykin (born 1975), Russian watchmaker, inventor and painter
• Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), American-Canadian actor
• Yelizaveta Chaykina

Fictional characters

• Lester Knight Chaykin, protagonist of the 1991 video game Another World

See also

• All pages with titles containing Chaykin
• All pages with titles containing Chaykina

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Chaykin.
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