The toll Surname
toll Name Meaning and History
- English: from the Middle English personal name Toll, Old English Toll, or Old Norse Tóli, the latter being derived from a reduced form of a compound name such as þórleifr (composed of the elements þórr, name of the Scandinavian god of thunder (see Thor) + leifr ‘relic’) or þórleikr (composed of the elements þórr + leikr ‘sport’, ‘play’).
- English: topographic name from toll ‘clump of trees’, a dialect term of Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire.
- German: nickname from Middle High German tol, dol ‘foolish’, also ‘pretty’ or ‘handsome’.
- German: from a reduced form of the personal name Bartholomäus (see Bartholomew).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Winslow Parker Toll and Malinda Hughs | c.smith | 6 |
| Bishop William Edward Toll | Clinton Beake | 2 |
| James Riley Toll's Father | Pat [Toll ] Cuthbert | 18 |
| Toll, Maurice R & Lola |
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| Ellen Toll in Quebec Canada |
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| Toll family | Joanne (Toll) Hampton | 1 |
| Charlotte Toll, born in Airdrie, Scotland | anne | 4 |
| Richard Toll |
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