Leykin, Leikin, Lejkin, Leykind (feminine: Leykina, Leikina) are surnames of Ashkenazi Jewish origin. It is a Slavic-language-infliuenced matronymic surnameLeonid Smilovitsky, "Origins of Jewish Last Names in Turov" , Federation of. East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) Journal, 2003, Vol. 11, pp. 29-35; p.32 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 (1906-1942), Polish Jewish lawyer, Nazi collaborator, deputy commander of Warsaw Ghetto (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 (born 1937) Russian poet and playwright
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