In the 12th century, the name "Chizbuhel" is mentioned for the first time in a document belonging to the Chiemsee monastery (where it refers to a "Marquard von Chizbuhel"), whereby "Chizzo" relates to a Bavarian clan and "Bühel" refers to the location of a settlement upon a hill. One hundred years later a source refers to the Vogtei of the Bamberg monastery in "Kicemgespuchel" and, in the 1271 document elevating the settlement to the status of a town, the place is called "Chizzingenspuehel".