Given name & surname · also Middle English

Liddel

“loud, River Lid”

Liddel is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Liddel goes back to Old English hlÿde, meaning “loud, River Lid.”

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Where it comes from

Liddel comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Lidelesdale, from Old English hlÿde (“loud, River Lid”).

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Liddel’s family of names

In English usage, Liddel as a surname has a related form in LIDDELL. In English usage, Liddel as a surname has a related form in LIDDLE.

Walk Liddel’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

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

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Sibling ideas

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