Etymology

Frizzell

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Old French frisel ← Anglo-Norman fresel ← Scottish Gaelic Friseal
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromFriseal
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromfresel“strawberry”
  3. Old French · derived fromfrisel“ribbon, tassel, fringe”
  4. English todayFrizzell

* As an English and Irish surname, from Old French frisel (“ribbon, tassel, fringe”), a nickname for someone with an ornate style of dress; see frise (“border, frieze”). * As a Scottish surname, from Anglo-Norman fresel (“strawberry”) (see fraise). * Also as a Scottish surname, Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Friseal, a Gaelicized form of Fraser.

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