Winkleman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The distinguished surname Winkleman emerged among the industrious people of Flanders, which was an important trading partner and political ally of Britain during the Middle Ages. As a result of the frequent commercial intercourse between the Flemish and English nations, many Flemish migrants settled in Britain. In early times, people were known by only a single name. However, as the population grew and people traveled further afield, it became increasingly necessary to assume an additional name to differentiate between bearers of the same personal name. The manner in which hereditary surnames arose is interesting. Local surnames are derived from where the original bearer lived, was born, or held land. Flemish surnames of this type frequently are prefixed by de la or de le, which mean of the or from the. The Winkleman family originally lived in the settlement of Wynkel in Flanders. The surname Winkleman belongs to the category of habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads, or other places. Alternatively the name could have been a nickname referring to "the winkle" as in a periwinkle.

Early Origins of the Winkleman family

The surname Winkleman was first found in Cheshire at Wincle, a chapelry, in the parish of Prestbury, union and hundred of Macclesfield. 1 The parish dates back to c. 1190 when it was known as Winchul and literally meant "hill of a man called Wineca or by a bend," from the Old English personal name or "wince" + "hill." 2

On of the first records of the name was "Winchul" c. 1200 in East Cheshire. 3 Later, we found John le Wenchel listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1271 in Buckinghamshire. 4

"The Wintles of Gloucester and its neighbourhood probably possess an ancestor in Christopher Windle, who was incumbent of the parish of Side in 1592 (A.). The Wintles were influential Gloucester citizens last century; at the same time there was a family of the name in Long Hope. This surname may hail originally from the north, Windle being the name of a Lancashire township and Windhill of a district in the West Riding." 5

Early History of the Winkleman family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Winkleman research. Another 41 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1753, 1756, 1759, 1767, 1768, 1774 and 1814 are included under the topic Early Winkleman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Winkleman Spelling Variations

Flemish surnames are characterized by a large number of spelling variations. One reason for this is that medieval English lacked definite spelling rules. The spellings of surnames were also influenced by the official court languages, which were French and Latin. Names were rarely spelled consistently in medieval times. Scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to specific spelling rules, and people often had their names registered in several different forms throughout their lives. One of the greatest reasons for change is the linguistic uniqueness of the Flemish settlers in England, who spoke a language closely related to Dutch. The pronunciation and spelling of Flemish names were often altered to suit the tastes of English-speaking people. In many cases, the first, final, or middle syllables of surnames were eliminated. The name has been spelled Winkler, Winkle, Windle, Winkel, Wynkler, Wynkle and others.

Early Notables of the Winkleman family

Prominent in the family at this time was William Winkel of Cheshire.Thomas Wintle (died 1814), was a Member of the University of Oxford having matriculated on 26 March, 1753, aged...
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Winkleman Ranking

In the United States, the name Winkleman is the 17,921^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 6

Migration of the Winkleman family to Ireland

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Winkleman migration to the United States +

Early records show that people bearing the name Winkleman arrived in North America quite early:

Winkleman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Bendick Winkleman, who landed in Indiana in 1834 7

Contemporary Notables of the name Winkleman (post 1700) +

George W. Winkleman (1859-1921), American Major League Baseball player who appeared in four games for the 1883 Louisville Eclipse
Isadore Winkleman, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1956 8
Benjamin H. Winkleman, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1970 8
Sophie Lara Winkleman (b. 1980), English actress, also known as Lady Frederick Windsor as she is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, son of Queen Elizabeth II's first cousin Prince Michael of Kent
Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (b. 1972), English television presenter, film critic, radio personality, and journalist, twice nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for her work on Strictly Come Dancing
Sally Winkleman (1937-2019), birth name of Sally Soames, a British newspaper photographer who worked for The Observer (1963-1968) and for The Sunday Times (1968–2000)

Citations +

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Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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