Meisel
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Frequency: (853)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: occupational name from Middle High German meizel ‘lumberjack’, ‘wood cutter’.
2. German: nickname for someone thought to resemble a mouse, from a diminutive of Middle High German mūs, German Maus.
3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Mayzl, of uncertain origin.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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