The cantrell Surname
cantrell Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from Cantrell in Devon, recorded as Canterhulle in 1330, from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
- English: from Old French chanterelle ‘small bell’, ‘treble’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a bellmaker or ringer.
- English: diminutive of Canter.
- French: nickname for someone who liked to sing.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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