Given name & surname · also Dutch

Sink

“cornetto, trumpet-like instrument”

Sink is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sink goes back to a word meaning “cornetto, trumpet-like instrument.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Sink comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sink’s family of names

In Greek usage, Sink as a surname is a transliteration of Σίνκ. In Greek usage, Sink as a surname is a transliteration of Σινκ.

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SinkΣίνκΣινκ

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German

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