Nettle Family History
Nettle Name Meaning
English (Cornwall): from Middle English netle ‘nettle’ (Old English netel). Various figurative uses of the word (‘enemy sin vice’) are recorded in the medieval period alluding to the nettle's sting. See Nettles . Altered form of North German Nettel a nickname for an obnoxious person from Middle Low German nettel ‘nettle’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022