Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Meaning & History
From Middle English fell ”high ground”, ultimately derived from Old Norse fjall, describing one who lived on a mountain.
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Meaning & History
Metonymic occupational name for a furrier, from Middle English fell, Middle High German vel, or German Fell or Yiddish fel, all of which mean "skin, hide, pelt". Yiddish fel refers to untanned hide, in contrast to pelts "tanned hide" (see Pilcher).