Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage English, German, Jewish Meaning & History Occupational name for a furrier, from an agent derivative of Middle English fell, Middle Low German, Middle High German vel, or German Fell or Yiddish fel "hide, pelt". See also Fell.
Save Type Surname (from location) Usage German Meaning & History Habitational name for someone from a place called Feld(e) or Feld(a) in Hesse.