The ramsdell Surname
ramsdell Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name, possibly from Ramsdell in Hampshire,
but more likely from Ramsdale, a place in North Yorkshire, named from
Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ (or possibly the genitive case
of the byname Ram(m) ‘ram’) + dæl ‘valley’, or from
Ramsdale Farm in Arnold, Nottinghamshire. Compare Ransdell.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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