The pringle Surname
pringle Name Meaning and History
Scottish and English (Northumbria): habitational name from a place
near Stow Roxburghshire, formerly called Hop(p)ringle, from
Middle English hop ‘enclosed valley’ + a name of Old Norse
origin composed of the byname Prjónn ‘pin’, ‘peg’ + an
unidentified second element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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