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Friel

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (common in Donegal, and now also in Glasgow) : from Gaelic Ó Frighil, which is probably a metathesized variant of Ó Fearghail (see Farrell).
  • German : from a pet form of Friedrich.

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