Kimmel Family History
Kimmel Name Meaning
German Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Dutch: from Middle High German kumin German Kümmel ‘caraway’ (related to Latin cuminum a word of Oriental origin like the plant itself) hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer literally a supplier of caraway seeds. English (London): variant of Kemble and Kimble .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022