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Re: origin of surname PELL
by Jim Young (guest)
12/5/2006, 5:56 AM
in reply to a message by Chris Colombo
"Pell is a pet form of Peter, with a diminutive Pelly...Pell may also be OFr [Old French] pel,'skin', for a dealer in skins."
Reaney and Wilson, "A Dictionary of English Surnames".
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origin of surname PELL  ·  Chris Colombo  ·  12/4/2006, 8:54 PM
•Re: origin of surname PELL  ·  Jim Young  ·  12/5/2006, 5:56 AM