Vink, Dutch for chaffinch, is a Dutch surname. It usually is a metonymic occupational surname, referring to one who catches chaffinches (and other small birds) in a vinkenbaan, for food or entertainment.[1] Variants of the name are De Vink and Vinck. The forms Vinke and Vinken could be of patronymic origin, as Vink/Finke was a masculine given name.[2] People with this name include:

See also

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  • Blinde vink, a Dutch veal dish
  • De Vink, a railway station in Leiden near the former hamlet of De Vink
  • Vink [li; nl], a hamlet in Dutch Limburg
  • Vink [li; nl], a neighborhood of Kerkrade, Dutch Limburg

References

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  1. ^ Vink at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Vink at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.