Winkel (surname)
Winkel is a Dutch and Low German toponymic surname. While winkel means "shop" in modern Dutch, its original meaning was "corner" or "enclosed piece of land", and the surname is thought to be toponymic only. Among multiple places named Winkel, Winkel, North Holland is known to be at the origin of several families with the name. Variant forms include De Winkel, Te Winkel, Van Winkel, Van de Winkel, Winckel, Winkels and Aus dem Winckel. People with these surnames include:
- Adrian P. Winkel, American politician, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
- Ashley van Winkel, South African lawn bowler
- Bob Winkel, American football player
- Cees Jan Winkel, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- Corrie Winkel, Dutch backstroke swimmer
- Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel, German-born Dutch inventor of the metronome
- Frederik Winkel-Horn, Danish writer
- Frederik Winkel Horn, Danish historian and translator
- Gary Winkel, American environmental psychologist
- , Dutch linguist and philologist, unrelated to Lambert
- Joanna van de Winkel, South African road bicycle racer
- Johannes Winkel, German politician
- , Dutch linguist and lexicographer, unrelated to Jan
- , German architect
- Mogens Winkel Holm, Danish composer
- Nate Winkel, American soccer midfielder
- Paul van Winkel, Belgian wheelchair racer
- Petrus Wijtse Winkel, Dutch colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies
- Rick Winkel, American politician and lawyer
- Therese Winkel German author, composer, and harpist
- Torsten de Winkel, German musician, composer, and philosopher
- Franz von Winckel, German gynecologist and obstetrician
- Gus Winckel, Dutch military officer and pilot
- Jan Van Winckel, Belgian football coach