Aiken (surname)

Aiken is a Scots-Irish surname, used as a variant to the original Scottish name Aitken. Notable people with it include:

• Alastair Aiken (born 1993), British YouTuber known as Ali-A
• Amanda L. Aikens (1833–1892), American editor, philanthropist
• Andrew J. Aikens (1928–1909), American newspaper publisher and editor
• Ann Aiken (born 1951), American judge and attorney
• Blair Aiken (born 1956), American stock car racing driver
• Brady Aiken (born 1996), American baseball player
• C. J. Aiken (born 1990), American basketball player
• Carl Aiken (born 1962), English-born reggae singer known as Shinehead
• Caroline Aiken (born 1955), American musician
• Charles Augustus Aiken (1827–1892), American clergyman and academic
• Charles Avery Aiken (1872–1965), American painter
• Charles Edward Howard Aiken (1850–1936), American ornithologist
• Clay Aiken (born 1978), American singer, actor, activist, and television personality
• Conrad Aiken (1889–1973), American writer
• Danny Aiken (born 1988), American football player
• D. Wyatt Aiken (1828–1887), American army officer and politician
• Edmund Aiken (born 1962), English singer and rapper, known as Shinehead
• Frank Aiken (1898–1983), Irish politician
• Frederick Aiken (1832–1878), American lawyer and journalist
• George Aiken (1892–1984), American politician who served as Governor of Vermont
• Howard H. Aiken (1900–1973), American physicist
• James Aiken (1888–1974), Scottish Canadian politician
• Jesse B. Aiken (1808–1900), American musician
• Joan Aiken (1924–2004), British novelist
• John Aiken (1921–2005), British Royal Air Force officer
• John Aiken (1932–2021), American ice hockey player
• John Aiken (born 1950), Irish sculptor
• John Aiken (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
• John Macdonald Aiken (1880–1961), Scottish painter
• John W. Aiken (1896–1968), American furniture finisher and socialist activist
• Josephine Aiken Mackie Corcoran (1894–1967), American politician from Maryland
• Kamar Aiken (born 1989), American football player
• Kimberly Clarice Aiken (born 1974), American winner of Miss America 1994
• Leona S. Aiken, American psychologist
• Liam Aiken (born 1990), American actor
• Linda Aiken (born 1943), American nursing researcher
• Loretta Mary Aiken (1894–1975), American comedian known as Moms Mabley
• Miles Aiken (born 1941), American basketball player
• Nickie Aiken (born 1969), British politician
• Sam Aiken (born 1980), American football player
• Simon Aiken, Alastair Aiken's brother
• Thomas Aiken (born 1983), South African golfer
• Tommy Aiken (born 1946), Northern Irish footballer
• William Aiken (1779–1831), Irish American politician
• William Aiken Jr. (1806–1887), American politician who served as Governor of South Carolina
• William Martin Aiken (1855–1908), American architect