English (mainly Yorkshire): from Middle English tele
‘teal’ (of uncertain origin), hence a nickname for a person considered
to resemble this duck.Americanized spelling of
German Diehl or Thiel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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