Gingell Family History
Gingell Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire and Gloucestershire): possibly a nickname from Anglo-Norman French gengle a variant of jangle ‘gossip babbling bickering’. In some cases also an Americanized form of South German Gingel: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gingo (see Ging ). The surname Gingel is rare in Germany where it is found mainly in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022