indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname
Usage English
Meaning & History
Derived from Middle English tingel, referring to a kind of very small nail (a word of North German origin); this was either an occupational name for a maker of pins or nails, or else a nickname for a small thin man.(Alternatively, this could be an Americanized form of German Dingel or of some other similar-sounding name.)