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Mindlin surname derived from the Yiddish female name Mindl. Ending "-in" denotes ownership. Thus, "Mindlin" means son of Mindl.
Jews of the Russian Empire began to give names in the late 18 th century, after joining the Russian Empire, the Western Region of Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic states - after the partition of Poland. Then Catherine II «got together with the western areas of a huge number of Jews who have historically had no surnames, but only the first name and patronymic, for example," Moishe son of Shmulik ".
To find the number of his subjects, as well as organize their recruitment into the army, it has introduced a census of about - every ten years. These were the "census tales" during which all Jews were given surnames, usually either at the place of residence (eg, Berdichevsky), or on behalf of one of the parents (eg, Khaimovich) as well as on other grounds, such as Professional (Schneider, Tailor).