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Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Essex) : unexplained; perhaps from the personal name Yuel, a form of the Biblical name Joel.
  • Scottish (Shetland) : from the name of the principal island of the Shetlands. According to Black, ‘Persons of this name in Shetland have changed to Dalziel, probably from the idea of its being more aristocratic, and spell