Dingle
surname · Latin script
Meaning: dweller in the deep dell or hollow, from ME dingle; first attested Richard Dingyl 1246 AssLa
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dɪŋɡl̩/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dingle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In St. Helena it is the 19th most common surname.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 30K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 31K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 54K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 323 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈86,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
St. Helena, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
dweller in the deep dell or hollow, from ME dingle; first attested Richard Dingyl 1246 AssLa
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dingle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈86,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Dingle | 3 |
| US United States | — | 4,301 | 1 in 77K | 4.3K | Dingle | 323 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Dingle | 55 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Dingle | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 54K | listed | Dingle | 147 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Dingle | 115 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Dingle | 1 |
| SH St. Helena | #19 | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Dingle | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dingle is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, small wooded dell or hollow, ME dingle (of uncertain ori¬ gin, perhaps akin to dimble, cf. Dimbleby). There is a dis¬ trict of Liverpool called Dingle. Vars.: Ger.: Diestel, Distler, Di(e)stelmann. Jewish: Distelman;
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, to dangle, hang, swing
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Edwin Dingleb. 1881GBBritish journalist (1881-1972)
- Charles Dingleb. 1887USAmerican actor (1887-1956)
- Herbert Dingleb. 1890GBBritish astronomer and historian of science (1890–1978)
- Robert Balson Dingleb. 1926GBBritish theoretical physicist
- Derek Dingleb. 1937British magician
- Graeme Dingleb. 1945NZNew Zealand adventurer and mountaineer
- Kim Dingleb. 1951USAmerican painter and installation artist (born 1951)
- Antonio Dingleb. 1976USAmerican football defensive tackle
- Johnny Dingleb. 1984USAmerican football player (born 1986)
- Jo-anne WilkinsonNZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand youth worker
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.3K | #7,717 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.9K | #8,093 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.9K | #7,899 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dingle mean, and where does it come from?
- dweller in the deep dell or hollow, from ME dingle; first attested Richard Dingyl 1246 AssLa Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Dingle?
- A machine transcription gives /dɪŋɡl̩/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Dingle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 86 thousand people named Dingle in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dingle.
- How common is the name Dingle?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,301 people named Dingle in 2010, about 1 in 77 thousand residents.
- How common is Dingle compared with other names?
- In St. Helena, Dingle is the 19th most common surname of 3,440 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dingle” — the 19th most common surname in St. Helena. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.