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arundel Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from a place in West Sussex, seat of the Dukes of Norfolk, named Arundel, from Old English harhune ‘horehound’ (a plant) + dell ‘valley’.
  2. (of Norman origin): nickname for someone supposedly resembling a swallow, from Old French arondel, diminutive of arond ‘swallow’ (Latin hirundo, confused with (h)arundo ‘reed’).

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Distribution of arundel Families in the US in 1920
Number of arundel families
 11-19
 4-10
 1-3
 0
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