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Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Anděl) and Slovak : from the personal name Anděl, from Greek angelos ‘angel’ (literally ‘messenger’). Alternatively, it may be a habitational name for someone who lived in a house bearing the sign of an angel. Compare Angel.

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