English: topographic name for someone who lived in a small
valley, from Middle English, Old English dell ‘dell’, ‘valley’,
or a habitational name from any of several minor places named Dell,
from this word, for example in Buckinghamshire, Essex, and
Sussex.German: from Low German delle ‘dell’, ‘depression’
(Middle High German telle ‘gorge’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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