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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Norfolk) : from the medieval personal name Tebald, Tibalt (see Theobald).
  • German : from a nickname for a simpleton, from Low German tippel ‘point’, ‘corner’, ‘tag’ (possibly a reference to the pointed shape of a fool’s cap).
  • German : from a pet form of a Germanic personal name related to Dietrich.

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