The netzel Surname
netzel Name Meaning and History
- (also Nötzel) nickname for a person in need or distress, from Middle High German not ‘hardship’, ‘distress’, ‘suffering’.
- possibly from a pet form of Notz, a short form of the personal name Norbert.
- southern metonymic occupational name for a maker of nets, from Middle High German netzel(in), a diminutive of netz ‘net’ (see Netz).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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