The toller Surname
toller Name Meaning and History
- English, Scottish, and North German (also Töller): occupational name for a toll taker or tax collector, from an agent derivative of Middle English toll ‘tax’, ‘payment’, Middle Low German toll (from Late Latin toloneum, teloneum, a derivative of Greek telos ‘tax’).
- English: habitational name from Toller in Dorset, named from a British river name, apparently composed of elements akin to Welsh toll ‘hollow’, ‘pierced’ + dw(f)r ‘stream’.
- German: from a short form of the personal name Bartholomäus (see Bartholomew).
- German: nickname meaning ‘foolish one’ or ‘handsome one’; a noun derivative of Toll 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Family members | Dr. Dale Leander Toller | 2 |
| Giacomo or Giaciano Toller |
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| HERBERT BAKER |
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| Toller |
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| Blufford Toller |
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| Dollie Toller married Charlie Sweat of GA,usa in early 1900's |
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| Strever, All |
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| TOLLER_Frank_A_1916-1992.JPG | Allen Wheatley | 2 |
| Verne Toller | Diane Taller | 28 |
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