Vinken Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Vinken and Vink are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “Finch (cheerful person)”, the same as for Vink.

The same family of names includes Vinke, Vinck and Wink. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Vinken adds -en to the root of Vink, a familiar way of forming related surnames.

Arms linked to Vink and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Vinken family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.