Origin and popularity of the name STELL
Origin
Stell : 1: North German: topographic name for someone who lived near a marsh from an old dialect word stel ‘bog’ where the land was built up on mudflats (behind the dyke) for cattle grazing. The word later assumed the meaning ‘small farm’.2: English: topographic name from Middle English stelle stille ‘place in a river for catching fish’ (Old English stell stællo stiell) used for someone who lived by such a place.3: English: variant of Stile or Steel.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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