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[Facts] On the note of it being a surname:
this is what ancestry.com gives for a meaning:magel
Dutch: from a female personal name derived from the Germanic female personal name Machthild, composed of the elements macht ‘strength’, ‘might’ + hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’. Another possible origin is that it comes from Mageltje (meaning Little Magel), which is a form of Mage, this name is a Frisian derived from the verb "mogen" which used to mean: be able to / can.(spectrum voornamen boek)

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