The kunkel Surname
kunkel Name Meaning and History
- from Middle High German kunkel ‘spindle’, ‘distaff’ (from Late Latin conicula, conucula diminutive of conus ‘cone’, ‘peg’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spindles or a spinner or alternatively a nickname for a tall thin person.
- from a medieval German personal name, a pet form of Kuno (see Kuhn).
- possibly from Low German kunkel ‘dugout’, ‘shelter’, or ‘deep water’, of uncertain application: perhaps a topographic name.
- (Künkel): habitational name from a manor near Eisenack (Thuringia) or Erkelenz (Westphalia).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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