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