Istilah ''Hinglish'' pertama kali dikenal tahun 1967.<ref name="Lambert, James 2018">Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity. ''English World-wide'', 39(1): 25. {{Doi|10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam}}</ref> Lakuran lainnya untuk bahasa Inggris yang dipengaruhi bahasa Hindi meliputi: bahasa ''Hindish'' (1972), ''Hindlish'' (1985), ''Henglish'' (1993), dan ''Hinlish'' (2013). <ref name="Lambert, James 2018" />
Meski namanya berdasarkan bahasa Hindia, pada dasarnya istilah ini tidak merujuk untuk bahasa Hindi saja, tetapi "digunakan di anak benua India, dengan adanya percampuran kosakata bahasa Inggris dengan bahasa [[Bahasa Punjab|Punjab]], [[Bahasa Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Bahasa Marathi|Maratha]], dan [[Bahasa Hindi|Hindi]], dan juga digunakan oleh orang-orang Asia Britania untuk memperkaya bahasa Inggris standar".<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="toi">{{Cite web|last=Coughlan|first=Seannews|date=82 NovemberFebruary 20062015|title=It's Hinglish,innit?is the new NRI and global language|url=http://newstimesofindia.bbcindiatimes.co.ukcom/2nri/hicitizen-journalists/uk_newscitizen-journalists-reports/magazinenishath-rahman/6122072.stm|website=BBC News Magazine|archiveHinglish-url=https:is-the-new-NRI-and-global-language/articleshow/web46094811.archive.org/web/20090104152511/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6122072.stmcms|archive-datework=4The JanuaryTimes 2009of India|access-date=1929 MayJuly 2015}}<cite/ref> class="citationMeski web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFCoughlan2006">Coughlanjarang, Sean''Hinglish'' (8dapat Novemberpula 2006).merujuk [https://web.archive.org/web/20090104152511/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6122072.stmpada "It'sbahasa Hinglish,Hindi innit?"].yang ''BBCditulis Newsdengan Magazine''.alfabet Archivedbahasa fromInggris [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6122072.stmdan themenyertakan original]kosakata ondan 4frasa Januarybahasa 2009Inggris.<spanref>{{Cite classweb|title="reference-accessdate">.Mandi RetrievedHinglish <spanis class="nowrap">19taking May</span>place 2015</span>.</cite>in Hindi [httpand English|url=https://isitesjagran.harvard.educom/fshimachal-pradesh/docs/icbmandi-hinglish-is-taking-place-in-hindi-and-english-18693872.topic543017.files/Contact%20and%20Convergence%20II/Required/Western%20Media%20on%20Hinglish/Its_Hinglish_innit.pdfhtml|access-date=26 AltJanuary URL]2021}}</ref>
</ref><ref name="toi">{{Cite news|date=2 February 2015|title=Hinglish is the new NRI and global language|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/citizen-journalists/citizen-journalists-reports/nishath-rahman/Hinglish-is-the-new-NRI-and-global-language/articleshow/46094811.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref> Meski jarang, ''Hinglish'' dapat pula merujuk pada bahasa Hindi yang ditulis dengan alfabet bahasa Inggris dan menyertakan kosakata dan frasa bahasa Inggris.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mandi Hinglish is taking place in Hindi and English|url=https://jagran.com/himachal-pradesh/mandi-hinglish-is-taking-place-in-hindi-and-english-18693872.html|access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
