Given name & surname · also Old Norse

Turkel

“turtle dove”

Turkel is a surname from Old Norse, ultimately from Yiddish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Turkel goes back to Yiddish טערקלטויב, meaning “turtle dove.”

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Where it comes from

Turkel comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Yiddish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Yiddish טערקלטויב (“turtle dove”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Sibling ideas

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