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Ethel

/ˈɛθɪl/ · name

Meaning

  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
  3. An unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, Orange County, Indiana.
  4. A town in Attala County, Mississippi.
  5. The rune ᛟ.
  6. The name of the Latin script letter Œ/œ..
  7. Alternative form of athel (“tamarisk”).
  8. An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
  9. A town in Macon County, Missouri.
  10. A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
  11. Noble.
  12. An unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

Etymology / origin

Short form of names of Old English origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.

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