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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : topographic name from a central and western form for tilleul ‘lime tree’, more frequently seen as Dutheil, Deltheil (with the fused preposition).
  • North German : variant of Theel.
  • Altered spelling of German Thiel.

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