The tyrrell Surname
tyrrell Name Meaning and History
- perhaps from a Norman nickname for a stubborn person, from Old French tirel, used of an animal which pulls on the reins, a derivative of tirer ‘to pull’.
- Woulfe suggests that it may be from the personal name Thurold, Old Norse Thorvaldr, composed of the elements þórr, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + valdr ‘rule’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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