Family name origins & meanings
- German : probably an occupational name for a baker, from Middle High German krengel ‘doughnut’.
- Dutch : nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle Dutch cringel ‘curl’.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from Polish kr(e,)giel ‘skittle’.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from German Kringel ‘(cake) ring’, either an ornamental name or a metonymic occupational name for a pastrycook.