Here is some information where the name Pijpelink possibly is coming from.
*There is the name "Pippeling" (in english : "Pippin"),a type of apple that is cultivated as seedling.
*In earlyer times a short mail person was called a "Pipeling"
*Also there is "Pipeleer" , a profession name for a fluteplayer.
*In the provinces Limburg en Brabant and elsewhere another name for a (sky) Lark is/was a "Pijpeling",
Around Antwerpen (B) it was a " Pijplink" or " Puppelink" or " Pijpelingetje" or " Pijpelingske" , This is also a possibility.
*The name "Pepeling" comes from Indonesia (old dutch colony) and it seems to be some kind of Bowie knife..
These are a few possibilities, we don't know exactly where our familyname is coming from.

There are several spellings from our familyname found in the archives: Sijpeling- Pupeling- Pupelink- Pijpelink- Pijpeling- Pijpelings- Pijpelinck- Pijpelinckx- Pijpelincx- Puipeling- Puipelink- Pupelink- van Puipeling- Puppelinck- van Pupeling- van Puipeling- Puijpelink- Puppelinck- de Pijpeling- van de Pijpeling- Pippeling- Pepeling en Pypelink
A few hundred years ago it was normal that somebody changed the spelling from his familyname in the registers from the churches. Also everybody could'nt read at that time, so by mouth registering could easy result in another spelling. In that time there was no cityhall (everywhere) yet, so also no obligation to register your name there.
The "X" behind a familyname meaned they were catholic and people who changed their religion to catholic simply put a "X" behind their name.