Last name: KEELER
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KEELER : This last name is indexed 55,302 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KEELER : 1: English (mainly Kent): probably an occupational name from Middle English keler ‘keelman bargeman’ an agent derivative of Middle English kele ‘flat-bottomed ship barge lighter’ (from Middle Dutch kiel). The sense would seem to be ‘crewman of a keel’ rather than ‘shipwright’.2: Americanized form of German Kühler from a variant of an old personal name (see Keeling) or a variant of Kuhl.
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