Wimble Family History
Wimble Name Meaning
English (Kent): perhaps a nickname from Middle English wimble also wimbil ‘auger tool for boring holes in wood; surgical tool for boring holes in bone or penetrating tissue’ (Anglo-Norman French wimble a variant of guimble; compare Middle English gimlet Anglo-Norman French guimbelet ‘gimlet boring tool’) perhaps an occupational name for someone who made or used such a tool.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022