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Type Surname (from occupation & from location)
Other Forms FormsCapell (English), Van Capelle (Dutch), Chapelle (French)
Meaning & History
French topographic name for someone living by a chapel, from a regional variant of chapelle "chapel" (compare Chapell 2), or a habitational name from any of several places named La Capelle. Dutch and Flemish habitational name for someone from any of various places called Capelle or Kapelle, from Middle Dutch capelle "chapel". English variant of Capell.