Given name & surname · also Old English

Bickel

“pickaxe”·“wooded area”

Bickel is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bickel is built from elements meaning “pickaxe” and “wooded area”.

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Where it comes from

Bickel comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

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How it developed

From Proto-Germanic *pikkōną.

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Bickel’s family of names

In German usage, Bickel as a surname has a related form in Bickele. In English usage, Bickel as a surname has a related form in BICKELL. In English usage, Bickel as a surname has a related form in BICKELL.

Walk Bickel’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Germanic

Bordel

“axe or beard”

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German

Boell

Boell is a surname from Germanic, ultimately from German.

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Germanic

Byggvir

“barley”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Bargeil

“child, born” · “lively, wayward, arrogant”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Riffel

“fame”

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Germanic

Bardil

“beard”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Giesel

“pledge, hostage”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Germanic

Böll

“rounded hill”

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Sibling ideas

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