The tindall Surname
tindall Name Meaning and History
English: regional name for someone who lived in Tynedale, the
valley of the river Tyne, or a habitational name from a place in
Cumbria called Tindale, which is situated on a tributary of the South
Tyne. The name derives from a British river name Tina
(apparently from a Celtic root meaning ‘to flow’) + Old English
dæl or Old Norse dalr ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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