Cantrell

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English hyll ← Old French chanterelle →
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Meanings

proper nounCantrell (plural Cantrells)

plural Cantrells · alternative Cantrall · alternative Cantrelle · alternative Cantrill

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchchanterelle“small bell, treble”
  2. Old Englishhyll“hill”
  3. EnglishCantrell

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.

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Cantrell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cantrell

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“Cantrell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cantrell. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cantrell,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cantrell.

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