The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Hoppringill | 2 | 1564 (compromit); 1582 (burd-) |
| Hoppringle | 2 | 1518 (brother) |
| Pringill | 1 | 1582-3 (caget) |
| Pringle | 1 | 1629 (conjunct) |