Surname Spotlight: Grindel

There is no single Grindel family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Spellings drift, and Grindel is where Grinnell drifted for some families. Taken at its root, Grindel points to “One who came from Grindle (green hill), in Shropshire”.

Grindel is listed among the recognised spellings of Grinnell. The same family of names includes Grindle. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Grindel with 286 bearers, at rank 68,770. Between 1891 and 2000, 274 babies born in France were registered as Grindel, with the most births in 1971–1980. Births ran at 7 in 1891–1900 and 31 in 1991–2000.

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