Santel Family History
Santel Name Meaning
Italian (Veneto): variant of Santelli Santello . Americanized form of Slovenian Šantelj and possibly also of its variant Šantl: nickname for a lame man from a derivative of šantati ‘to limp’. Rare Slovenian variant of the surname is Šantel.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022