Family name origins & meanings
- German (also Flügel) : Americanized spelling of south German Pflügl, Pfliegl, metonymic occupational names for a plow maker or, by extension, for a farmer, from a diminutive of Middle High German pfluoc ‘plow’.
- German (also Flügel) : topographic name from the field name Flügel, literally ‘wing’, denoting a jutting piece of land extending beyond the boundaries of a farmer’s land.