Single Family History

English: topographic name from one or more places called with Old English sengel perhaps meaning ‘brushwood’ or ‘burnt clearing’ such as Cowdray in Cocking (Sussex) recorded as la Cengel la Sengle in the 13th century.

English: nickname from Middle English sengle single ‘single unmarried’ perhaps also ‘living alone solitary’ (Old French sengle). Compare Singler.

German: from a pet form of an ancient Germanic person name formed with sing ‘sing’ as the first element.