Cardell Family History
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Cardell Name Meaning
Probably a reduced form of Irish and Scottish McArdle. Catalan or Asturian-Leonese: probably a topographic from a diminutive of card ‘thistle’ (Latin cardus), or, less likely, a habitational name from a place so named in Asturies. Possibly an altered form of Italian Cardelli or Cardello. Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Kardel (see Kardell).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Cardello, Kardell, Cordell, Carnell, Carden, Castell, Carrell