Edel

Family name origins & meanings

• German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Edilo, formed with Old High German adal ‘tribe’, ‘family’, ‘nobility’.
• German : status name from Middle High German edel ‘noble’. See also Edelmann.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish female personal name Eydl, meaning ‘noble’.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from modern German edel ‘noble’, ‘splendid’, ‘fine’. See also Adel 3.