The basel Surname
basel Name Meaning and History
- German: habitational name from the Swiss city of Basel.
- from a short form of Germanic personal names formed with Old High German ber ‘bear’ (the animal) or Old Norse bodh ‘battle’.
- from a pet form, Božel, from Slavic Božidar ‘gift of God’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Basel Family history | Matthew San | 3 |
| norman f basel | peter worby | 1 |
| William Henry Basel/ Fulton County, Illinios |
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| Everett Basel |
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| basel family search |
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| James Basel and Rebecca McGuire Allen Co., OH 1869 |
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| BASEL SEARCH OF KANSAS, | JOHN BASEL | 2 |
| Julia Basel |
RonWKipp
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| Wish to find my sister, K(C?)athleen Jean Basil of Minnesota |
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