Vink

Vink, Dutch for chaffinch, is a Dutch surname. It usually is a metonymic occupational surname, referring to one who catches chaffinches (and other small birds) in a vinkenbaan, for food or entertainment. Variants of the name are De Vink and Vinck. The forms Vinke and Vinken could be of patronymic origin, as Vink/Finke was a masculine given name. People with this name include:


 * Elsbeth van Rooy-Vink (born 1973), Dutch mountain biker
 * Gery Vink (born 1965), Dutch football coach
 * (1915–2009), Dutch physicist
 * Named after him: the Kröger–Vink notation for electric charge and lattice
 * (born 1948), Belgian photographer
 * Kevin Vink (born 1984), Dutch football striker
 * Marciano Vink (born 1970), Dutch football midfielder
 * Michael Vink (born 1991), New Zealand racing cyclist
 * Pieter Vink (born 1967), Dutch football referee
 * Rachelle Vink (born 1991), Canadian curler
 * Ronald Vink (born 1976), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
 * Willem Vink (born 1931), Dutch botanist
 * Wimilio Vink (born 1993), Dutch football midfielder