The stell Surname
stell Name Meaning and History
- North German: topographic name for someone who lived near a marsh, from an old dialect word stel ‘bog’, where the land was built up on mudflats (behind the dyke) for cattle grazing. The word later assumed the meaning ‘small farm’.
- English (West Yorkshire): variant of Still 2, possibly also of Steel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 66 - Messages: 215
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| STELL SURNAME | Bill Horn | 37 |
| Stell - A Tree Is Planted |
 stellva
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| HORN SURNAME | Bill Horn | 13 |
| Edward D. Stell |
Drucilla_Orr
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| STELL Clyde B and Maureen R |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| Georgia Ann STELL |
WaltBroughton27
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| George Stell |
dphin1383
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| Lucinda Stell in Calhoun Co. AR | Juanita Clemons Eggers | 7 |
| Robert Stell of Colorado, TX 1938 |
drbrownlee
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| STELL John B 1874-1904 |
t42Arlington
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