Muaj ntau ntau txoj kev xav txog lub hauv paus chiv keeb ntawm lub npe "pickleball."
Ib txoj kev xav qhia tias nws los ntawm Pritchard tsev neeg tus dev, Pickles. Txawm li cas los xij, raws li cov tswv, Pickles nkag mus hauv lawv lub tsev tom qab kev ua si nawv tau tsim, txhais tau tias tus dev tau muaj npe tom qab kev ua si nawv. Lub koom haum US Pickleball kuj tau lees paub tias Pickles tau yug los tom qab kev ua kis las tau raug npe. Tus tswv, Joan Pritchard, tau hais tias qhov kev ua si nco nws ntawm "pickleboat," yog li lub npe. "Pickleboat" yog ib lo lus nautical hais txog lub nkoj kawg hauv lub nkoj ntawm cov nkoj nuv ntses nkag mus rau qhov chaw nres nkoj.
Lwm txoj kev xav, hais los ntawm Jennifer Lucole thiab Beverly Youngren, cov kws sau ntawv ntawm * Keeb Kwm ntawm Pickleball *, hais tias Bill Bell hu ua kev ua si nawv vim nws nyiam ntaus pob kom nws cov neeg sib tw "inapickle." "Pickle" muaj lub ntsiab lus xws li "pickled zaub," "pickled dib," "pickled fish," thiab "difficulty," ua "匹克球" (pǐkèqiú) txhais lus nyab xeeb.
