The dill Surname
dill Name Meaning and History
- German: metonymic occupational name for a sawyer, from Middle High German dill(e) ‘(floor)board’.
- English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of dill, an aromatic culinary and medicinal herb, Old English dile, dyle.
- English: nickname from Middle English dell, dill, dull ‘dull’, ‘foolish’.
- English: from an Old English personal name Dylli or Dylla.
- Possibly a reduced form of Scottish McDill.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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