The dull Surname
dull Name Meaning and History
- South German (Düll): nickname for a stubborn man (‘thick head’), probably from a south German dialect word tull ‘stout’, ‘corpulent’.
- German: variant of Thiel.
- Scottish: habitational name from Dull in Perthshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Children of Christian Dull and Maria Catherine Dromm |
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| Josiah William H Dull Ohio | Steve Wisecup | 1 |
| DULLS in Ohio |
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| Elizabeth Dull Hershiser | Kathleen Loucks | 3 |
| Children of John Henry Dull & Cansaidy Todd |
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| Herbert Sylvester Dull, James Francis Dull, Indiana, 1850, 1890 | Kent Dull | 9 |
| Archibald Dull; Va. |
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| Dull in WA IL | Sara | 1 |
| DULL Marjorie E and George F |
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| Mary E Dull |
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