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Hey, I'm looking for the surnames Shover (supposedly French), Kuennen (German), and Coyle (Irish), as well as Badker, Ketelle. Any information would be helpful. Thank you.
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You will find Kuennen here -
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Kuennen-name-meaning.ashx
Shover is explained on the same website (www.ancestry.com) as being an American version of the Dutch name De Schouwer, an inspector of weights and measures.
Badker looks like it might be the same as Baedeker, Low German for a cooper (barrel-maker).
Coyle = Irish MacGiollaChomhghaill, "Son of GiollaChomhghaill" whose name meant "servant (i.e., devotee) of Saint Comgall". This would be pronounced something like Ma-gilla-hooil, which English-speakers made into MacGilcoil, and then shortened to Coyle. Voila!
Ketelle, must be a version of the Germanic given name, meaning "kettle/cauldron". This had some religious significance to Pagan Teutons. There is a German surname Ketel, possibly similar names in other countries.
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Kuennen-name-meaning.ashx
Shover is explained on the same website (www.ancestry.com) as being an American version of the Dutch name De Schouwer, an inspector of weights and measures.
Badker looks like it might be the same as Baedeker, Low German for a cooper (barrel-maker).
Coyle = Irish MacGiollaChomhghaill, "Son of GiollaChomhghaill" whose name meant "servant (i.e., devotee) of Saint Comgall". This would be pronounced something like Ma-gilla-hooil, which English-speakers made into MacGilcoil, and then shortened to Coyle. Voila!
Ketelle, must be a version of the Germanic given name, meaning "kettle/cauldron". This had some religious significance to Pagan Teutons. There is a German surname Ketel, possibly similar names in other countries.
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