Help I know NOTHING about this name
Hey guys... my grandmother was from germany and her maiden name was Geib which is as german as it gets but her mother's maiden name was Erdal and I know nothing about the name. I know its not German, and my first instinct because of the way it sounds is that its Turkish!!! Erdal... Help!! Email me if you know anything on the name. ashleyingram86@gmail.com
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I searched for the name on ancestry.com and it said Erdal is most likely Norwegian or Swedish.
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Arie is right, this is a Norwegian surname. It is also a place name, there are five or more places called Erdal in Norway. Doubtless the DAL component means "valley".
However Erdal is also a Turkish surname with a different meaning, and possibly German too.
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