Submitted Surname Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
9/15/2020, 2:33 PM	Mike C
3/26/2016, 5:55 AM	Marusero	Just added a note.
1/16/2016, 4:28 AM	anonymous

Name Distel

Type Surname (from location & from nickname)

Usage German, Low German, Dutch

Edit Status Status not set

Meaning & History

Topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of ground overgrown with thistles, or perhaps a nickname for a "prickly" person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch distel "thistle".

Added 1/16/2016 by anonymous