German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a
maker of copper cooking vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle
High German kezzel ‘kettle’, ‘cauldron’, Middle Dutch
ketel, modern German Kessel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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