Americanized spelling of German Vetterle or
Vätterli, from a pet form of Middle High German
vetter ‘secondary male relative’, i.e. uncle or cousin, but not
father or son.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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