English (Essex): unexplained; perhaps from the personal name
Yuel, a form of the Biblical name Joel.Scottish
(Shetland): from the name of the principal island of the Shetlands.
According to Black, ‘Persons of this name in Shetland have changed to
Dalziel, probably from the idea of its being more aristocratic, and
spell it Deyell or De Yell.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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