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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Breton : from a personal name composed of the elements tut ‘people’ + wal ‘valor’. The name was borne by a Saint Tudal, who came from Britain and became one of the early saints of Brittany.
  • French : southwestern variant of Tual, from an occupational name for a seller of pipes, Old French tuel.

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