Given name & surname · also German
Kimmel
Kimmel is a surname from German, ultimately from Old High German.
Original GermanKümmel
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kimmel comes from German, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kimmel as a surname developed from Kümmel.
Kimmel’s family of names
In English usage, Kimmel as a surname developed from the German form Kümmel. In Greek usage, Kimmel as a surname is a transliteration of Κίμμελ. In English usage, Kimmel as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Киммел.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kimmel has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old High German roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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