The corbeil Surname
corbeil Name Meaning and History
French: from Old French corbeil(le) ‘basket’ (Late Latin
corbicula, a diminutive of corbis ‘basket’), a metonymic
occupational name for a maker and seller of baskets. It may also be a
habitational name from any of the various places named with this word
because of a depression in the ground. This surname is sometimes
Americanized as Kirby.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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