Cringle Family History
Cringle Name Meaning
from Knickol a reduced form of Gaelic Mac Niocoil ‘son of Nichol(as)’ (see Nicholl Nicholas ). Through dissimilation Knicol locally became Cringal in the Isle of Man. Kneen notes that Ann Knickle wife of Robert Curphey 1786 1790 died in 1812 when she is recorded in the Parish Register as Ann Curphey alias Cringal wife of Robert Curphey.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016