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1/16/2016, 4:28 AM anonymous

Name Distel
Type Surname (from location & from nickname)
Usage German, Low German, Dutch
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

Means "thistle" in German and Dutch, a topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of ground overgrown with thistles, or perhaps a nickname for a "prickly" person.
Added 1/16/2016 by anonymous