The kelsall Surname
kelsall Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Kelsall,
from the Middle English personal name Kell + Old English
halh ‘nook or corner of land’, or possibly from Kelshall in
Hertfordshire, which is named with an Old English personal name
Cylli + Old English hyll ‘hill’, or even Kelsale in
Suffolk, named with an Old English personal name Cel(i) or
Ceol + Old English halh.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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