Garfinkel Family History
Garfinkel Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from Yiddish gorfinkl ‘carbuncle’ German Karfunkel. This term denoted both a red precious or semi-precious stone especially a garnet or ruby cut into a rounded shape (in which case it is an artificial name) and a large inflamed growth on the skin like a large boil (in which case it is a descriptive nickname).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022