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PINK Family History

Recorded in the spellings of Pinch, Pinck, Pincke, Pinks, and the dialectals Penk and Penke, this surname is English. It was of early medieval origin, and derives from a nickname given to a bright, chirpy, person, thought to be as active and cheerful as a chaffinch. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "pinca", in Middle English "pinch" or "pink". There are many examples of modern surnames that have their origins in medieval nicknames taken from some real or supposed resemblance to a bird, such as Lark, Hawk, Swan, Nightingale and Finch.