Cantrell

The story

1. Old French · derived fromchanterelle“small bell, treble”
2. Old English · derived fromhyll“hill”
3. English todayCantrell

Various origins: * Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll (“hill”). * From Old French chanterelle (“small bell, treble”), a metonymic occupational surname for a bellmaker or ringer. * A diminutive of Canter.

Words from the same roots