Gimpel Family History
Gimpel Name Meaning
German: from a pet form of the personal name Gumprecht (see Gombert ). South German: from the bird name Gimpel ‘bullfinch’ which later came to denote a naïve person. This surname is found mainly in the Allgäu area. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Gimpl a derivative of German Gumprecht (see Gombert ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022