Re: surname Tempel
in reply to a message by Tbird
1. North German: topographic name from Westphalian tempel ‘knoll’, ‘round hill’ or a habitational name from any of fifteen places so named.
2. Dutch (van den Tempel, van der Tempel): habitational name from any of various places named De Tempel.
2. Dutch (van den Tempel, van der Tempel): habitational name from any of various places named De Tempel.