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The German phone directory lists 7 EUGLINGs, so this is a v e r y rare name.

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I can't find the name in any of my books, but there are plenty of names ending with -ing or -ling: Rehling, Kiesling ...

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Sometimes the L is part of the (patronymic) suffix, sometimes it isn't. Many of those names go back to a place name, e.g. Rehling (or Rehlingen). No place called Eugling or Euglingen seems to exist in Germany - but it may have existed in the past.

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The syllable EUG is not German, it looks Greek to me, probably from the name EUGEN ("well-born").

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So I see two possible derivations of EUGLING:

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- Son of Eugen

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- Someone from Eugling(en), which again derives from Eugen

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But maybe it is something completely different ...