Dinkelman Family History
Dinkelman Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Dinkelmann: occupational name for a grain producer or dealer from Middle High German dinkel ‘spelt wheat’ + man ‘man’. Dutch: altered form of German Dinkelmann (see 1 above) or possibly a habitational name for someone who lived at the river Dinkel in the Dutch-German border area of Twente.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022