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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish : ornamental name formed with the common surname suffix -ell. The first element is unexplained, possibly from a place-name.
  • English, Scottish, and northern Irish : unexplained; possibly a respelling of Scottish Kerneil, a habitational name from Carneil in Carnock, Fife.

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