Vink
Vink, Dutch for finch, is a Dutch surname. It usually is a metonymic occupational surname, referring to one who catches chaffinches 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, Dutch mountain biker
- Gery Vink, Dutch football coach
- , Dutch physicist
- * Named after him: the Kröger–Vink notation for electric charge and lattice
- , Belgian photographer
- Kevin Vink, Dutch football striker
- Marciano Vink, Dutch football midfielder
- Michael Vink, New Zealand racing cyclist
- Pieter Vink, Dutch football referee
- Rachelle Vink, Canadian curler
- Ronald Vink, Dutch wheelchair tennis player
- Willem Vink, Dutch botanist
- Wimilio Vink, Dutch football midfielder
