# Chaykin

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**Chaykin** (Slavic feminine: **Chaykina**) is a Jewish [matronymic surname](/source/Matronymic_surname) derived from the belittling [diminutive](/source/Diminutive) Chayka of the female given name [Chaya](/source/Chaya_(Hebrew_given_name)). 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](/source/Chaikin) and [Chaiken](/source/Chaiken).

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Howard Chaykin](/source/Howard_Chaykin) (born 1950), American comic book artist and writer
- [Konstantin Chaykin](/source/Konstantin_Chaykin) (born 1975), Russian watchmaker, inventor and painter
- [Maury Chaykin](/source/Maury_Chaykin) (1949–2010), American-Canadian actor
- [Yelizaveta Chaykina](/source/Yelizaveta_Chaykina)

## Fictional characters

- [Lester Knight Chaykin](/source/Lester_Knight_Chaykin), protagonist of the 1991 video game *Another World*

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