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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname, possibly for a small person, from Middle English pink, penk ‘minnow’ (Old English pinc).
  • English (southeastern) : variant of Pinch.
  • Variant spelling of German Pinck, an indirect occupational name for a blacksmith, an onomatopoeic word imitating the sound of hammering which was perceived as pink(e)pank.
  • German (of Slavic origin) : from a diminutive of Sorbian pien ‘log’, ‘tree stump’, hence probably a nickname for a solid or stubby person.

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