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The ancestral home of the Pingel family is in the Scottish-English border region where their ancestors lived among the clans of the Boernician tribe. They lived in a place near Stow Roxburghshire, called Hopringle or Pringle. As such, Pingel is a habitation name, a category of surnames that were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. The place name comes from the Old English word hop which referred to an "enclosed valley," and Prjónn, an Old Norse name comprised of components which mean peg and ravine. Thus, the original bearer of the surname came from an area noted for an enclosed valley or a ravine.
The surname Pingel was first found in Roxburghshire, where the first Chief on record was Robert de Hoppryngil who witnessed a deed by King Alexander III of Scotland in 1250 A.D. Forty-six years later, Ellys Obringkel was Bishop of St. Andrews, and rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland in 1296. His seal bore a hunting horn. About this time they acquired the Clan territories near Stow and they became close allies of the Black Douglases.
Notable among the family at this time was George Pringle (1631-1689), of Torwoodlee, eldest son of James Pringle of Torwoodlee. The Pringles of Torwoodlee, Selkirkshire, are descended from the Pringles of Snailholm, Roxburghshire, the first of the name being George, son of William Pringle of Snailholm who was killed at Flodden in 1513. This George Pringle was murdered in his own house by a party of Liddesdale reivers in 1568. [1] Walter Pringle (1625-1667), of Greenknowe, Berwickshire, Scottish Covenanter, was the third son of Robert Pringle, first of Stitchel, Roxburghshire. The Pringles of Stitchel were descended from the Hop Pringles of Craiglatch...
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Contemporary Notables of the name Pingel
Scott Pingel, American bassist, current principal bassist in the San Francisco Symphony
John Spenser Pingel (1916-1999), American football halfback, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968
John Spencer Pingel, American Republican politician, Candidate for Michigan State University board of trustees, 1961, 1964 [3]
Rolf Pingel (1913-2000), German Luftwaffe ace credited with 28 aerial victories, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II
Frank Pingel (b. 1964), former Danish footballer
Rolf Pingel, German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe, during World War II, credited with 22 aerial victories, awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross