The ramsell Surname
ramsell Name Meaning and History
- English: probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
- Probably an altered spelling of German Rams(e)l, Dutch Ramsel, a habitational name from Ramsel in Antwerp province, Belgium; a group of people migrated from there to Swabia in 1570.
- In some instances the German name may have derived from a nickname for a roguish person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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