[Surname] Re: meaning of Towle
[...TOULSON (Eng.) Patronym of TOWLE, from the Middle English given name "Toll", Old English "Toll", or Old Norse "Toli". TOWLE is mostly from Nottinghamshire....]

[...TUATHAL [tool] comes from tuatha, territories--meaning one possessed of "large landed property;" it is the root of the sirnames Toole, O'Toole, Tootal, Tolan, etc....]

I've checked the www.behindthename.com database and those that are closest, were Tolly and Toal. Tolly is a pet form of Bartholomew and Toal was an anglicized form of Tuathal. I guess Tuathal/Toal are not related to the given name Toll. Toll is thus probably from Bartholomew.
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meaning of Towle  ·  hallie  ·  10/7/2004, 3:18 PM
Re: meaning of Towle  ·  Sean Foglai  ·  10/7/2004, 6:24 PM
Re: meaning of Towle  ·  Menke  ·  10/8/2004, 2:14 AM
Re: meaning of Towle  ·  Andy  ·  10/9/2004, 3:48 AM