A flatterer or sycophant.
"The new manager quickly identified Jenkins as a jenkins who would tell him exactly what he wanted to hear."
A patronymic surname of Cornish and in English ("mainly of Devon") origin.
"The Jenkins family name traces its roots back to a patronymic origin in Cornwall and Devon."
A patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name John + -kin (which forms diminutive )+ -s (denoting "son of") hence meaning "son of little John". It was originally an offshoot of the male medieval name Jenkin/Jankin. The name was brought from the crusaders; it originated in Cornwall but became popular in England and Wales.