Garfinkel

Garfinkel is an Anglicised German- Jewish surname derived from the word Karfunkelstein ( garnet ).

Name bearer

• Harold Garfinkel (1917–2011), American sociologist
• Jonathan Garfinkel (* 1973), Canadian playwright
• Simson Garfinkel (* 1965), American journalist
• Yosef Garfinkel (* 1956), Israeli prehistoric and biblical archaeologist