Bink Family History
Bink Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone living by a bink a northern dialect term for a flat raised bank of earth ledge or terrace from Middle English benk bink (Old Norse benkr or a Scandinavianized form of Old English benc ‘ledge terrace bank’). The word is a northern form of modern English bench. This surname is now rare in Britain. Dutch: nickname for a sturdy man from a Dutch slang word with this meaning. West Frisian and Dutch: from the Frisian personal name Binke possibly a pet form of Benne a short form of Bernhard . German (mainly Bavaria): unexplained. Altered form of Polish Binek itself a variant of Bieniek .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022