Klingler Family History

in southern Germany and Austria, a topographic name from the field name Klingle, a diminutive of Klinge. nickname for a gossip, from Middle High German klingelen ‘to chat’. in southwestern Germany, an occupational name for town crier or a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of klingeln ‘to ring a bell’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press