The brickel Surname
brickel Name Meaning and History
- Americanized form of South German and Swiss German Brückel, Brückl, a topographic name for someone who lived by a small bridge, from a diminutive of Middle High German brücke ‘bridge’.
- South German: nickname perhaps for a stocky, squat person, related to the word Bröckel, a diminutive of Brocken ‘chunk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Obit: Robert Brickel of Nebraska (1939-2006) |
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| Marina Brickel Vann's parents? | Steve | 0 |
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