The dell Surname
dell Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived in a small valley, from Middle English, Old English dell ‘dell’, ‘valley’, or a habitational name from any of several minor places named Dell, from this word, for example in Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Sussex.
- German: from Low German delle ‘dell’, ‘depression’ (Middle High German telle ‘gorge’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 203 - Messages: 580
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| DELL Cora SNEED 1913 1992 |
 t42PilotGrove_GraysonCoTX
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| Myrtle E. Dell |
BeverlyClark52
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| Dells in Pa. |
KathleenAdams76
| 1 |
| Charles R. Dell | Allen Dell | 39 |
| Ancestors of James Dell circa 1844 Tring/Aldbury |
carodell
| 1 |
| CHRISTIAN Harvey P and Cleo DELL |
| 0 |
| Dell from Tipton Indiana | Denis Day | 5 |
| Dells in Adelaide, Ontario, Can 1901 | Karen Ramsey | 9 |
| Dell's in St. Albans |
wayne_chilcott
| 0 |
| Death of Peter Dell |
maryachtrh
| 0 |
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