Burel Family History
Burel Name Meaning
French: metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in brown from Old French burel borel a diminutive of b(o)ure ‘frieze’ a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (from Late Latin burra ‘coarse untreated wool’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022