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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for a bald-headed man or someone of cadaverous appearance, from Middle English sc(h)olle, sc(h)ulle ‘skull’ (probably of Scandinavian origin).
  • Nicholas Scull emigrated from Bristol, England, to Philadelphia, PA, with his brother John in 1685. He founded a wealthy Quaker family whose descendants have been prominent in western PA, in law, newspaper publication, and banking.

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