Heraldry and the Kleinikel Surname

A Kleinikel ancestor may well appear as Klein in earlier records. The family name meaning is “Small or young”, the same as for Klein.

How the spelling arose

Kleinikel is built on the same root as Klein, with the ending -ikel. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Kleinikl, Kleine and Kleiner.

In the records

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Klein and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Kleinikel report, with a museum-style coat of arms.