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The keil Surname

keil Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from Middle High German kil ‘wedge’, ‘wooden peg’, hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such pegs or for a wood chopper. Alternatively, it may be nickname for an uncouth or misshapen person (compare Keidel) or a topographic name for someone who lived on or near a wedge-shaped plot of land.
  2. Altered spelling of German Geil, nickname from Middle High German geil ‘boisterous’, ‘mischievous’, later ‘horny’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of keil Families in the US in 1920
Number of keil families
 70-137
 24-69		 1-23
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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