Wiemken

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Wiemken is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

Wiemken is made one with the suffix -ken formed Koseform of Wiemar forth previous name.

Personalities

Edo Wiemken the Elder († 1415), East Frisian chief
Edo Wiemken the Younger (around 1454–1511), East Frisian regent of the Jever rule
Helmut Wiemken (* 1926), German dramaturge and translator
Walter Kurt Wiemken (1907–1940), Swiss painter

Individual evidence

↑ Duden Familiennames , Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Vienna - Zurich, 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2 , p. 721.