Seckel Family History
Seckel Name Meaning
German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of purses from Middle High German seckel ‘purse’. North German: metonymic occupational name for a sickle maker, from Middle Low German sekele ‘sickle’. South German: nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German sack ‘sack’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press