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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Pinger, or an Americanized spelling of German Pingel.
  • Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as ping-lay : Hindu (Brahman, Maratha) name, from Marathi ping̣la, from Sanskrit pingala ‘reddish brown (usually, of hair)’ The Marathas have a clan called Pingle.

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