Van%20winkle Family History
Van%20winkle Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Van Winkel: topographic name for someone who lived on a corner (either a street corner or a corner of land) from Dutch winkel ‘corner nook’ or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word for example one in North Holland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022