The feil Surname
feil Name Meaning and History
- from Middle High German viol ‘violet’, presumably applied as a nickname; this surname occurs mostly in southern Germany.
- metonymic occupational name for a filemaker, from Middle High German vile ‘file’.
- metonymic occupational name for an arrowsmith, a variant of Pfeil, with the initial consonant cluster reduced to ‘f’ as is common in northern pronunciation Pfeil.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| find Feil's | Judy Feil | 9 |
| Feil Family Search |
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| MILDRED V. FEIL/FIEL & JOSIAH JOSHUA SIMS |
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| George J. FEIL/PFEIL in Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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| California Feil | Megan Jolene Feil | 8 |
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| August Feil Relatives | Steven Feil | 0 |
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