English (Cornwall): probably a topographic name for someone who lived at a place overgrown with nettles, Middle English net(t)el.Respelling of North German Nettel, a nickname for an obnoxious person, from Middle Low German nettel ‘nettle’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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