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turtle Name Meaning and History
- variant of Turkel.
- nickname for a mild and gentle or affectionate person, from Middle English turtel ‘turtle dove’.
- nickname for a crippled or deformed person, from Old French tourtel, a diminutive of tourt ‘crooked’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| SARAH TURTLE of Lincolnshire | Ruth | 5 |
| Turtles from South Wales |
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| Sarah Turtle & Children / George R. Bell from IRE to Iowa & MN | Craig Nelson | 0 |
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| Turtles in America |
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| looking for info | hannah turtle | 0 |
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| Charles Pond- London |
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| TURTLE DONNAN JORDAN MARTIN COTTER Ireland to Canada | cumrew | 0 |
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