Pilling Family History

English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place so called which takes its name from the River Pilling. The etymology of the river name is uncertain but is perhaps associated with Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’. English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by a creek or stream (Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’) or by a stake a derivative of Pill + the Middle English suffix -ing. English (Lancashire): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Piling a pet form of Old English Pīl (from pīl ‘stake’ perhaps a short form of an Old English name such as Pīlheard) + the Old English hypocoristic suffix -ing. German: habitational name from a place so named near Straubing Bavaria. Compare Billing . German: patronymic from Pille

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022