Trill Family History

German: topographic name for someone who lived by the turnstile at the entrance to a village. English (Sussex also Kent): nickname perhaps from Middle English tril(le) ‘turn roll whirl spin’ (origin unknown but perhaps Old English tyrl).

English (Sussex also Kent) and Welsh: habitational name from one or more places named with Middle English tril(le) ‘turn roll whirl spin’ (Old English tyrl) often used to describe moving water such as Trill in Axminster (Devon), Tirle Brook (Gloucestershire and Worcestershire), and Trill Mill Brook (Oxfordshire).

Irish: perhaps from Tyrrell.