Diskin Family History
Diskin Name Meaning
Irish (Galway): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díscín ‘descendant of Díscín’ which may be derived from díosc ‘barren’. The placename Ballyeeskeen now Ballydiscin in County Sligo is derived from the surname. Jewish (from Belarus): metronymic from Diske a Yiddish hypocoristic form of Biblical Dinah from Hebrew dina ‘judged vindicated’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022