Wimple

• Wimble

From wimple, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of wimples.

Wimple (plural Wimples)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wimple is the 130610^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 130 individuals. Wimple is most common among White (53.85%) and Black/African American (37.69%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wimple”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.