Given name & surname
Frizzell
“ribbon, tassel, fringe”
Frizzell is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English and Irish surname, Frizzell goes back to Old French frisel, meaning “ribbon, tassel, fringe.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Frizzell has more than one origin: as an English and Irish surname, it comes from Old French frisel; as a Scottish surname, it comes from Anglo-Norman fresel.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Frizzell as a surname developed from Friseal.
Frizzell’s family of names
In English usage, Frizzell as a surname developed from the Scottish Gaelic form Friseal. In English usage, Frizzell as a surname has a related form in FRIZELL. In English usage, Frizzell as a surname has a related form in FRIZELL.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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