Wendelken Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Wendelken is a familiar spelling of the German name Wendel. The family name meaning is “from the name Wendelin”, the same as for Wendel.

• Related forms: Wendeler, Wendeling and Wendels.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Wendelken with 347 bearers, at rank 58,481.
• Wendelken adds -ken to the root of Wendel, a common way of forming related surnames.

Heraldry and the Wendelken name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Wendel surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Wendelken report, with a museum-style coat of arms.