Chettle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".
Proper noun[edit]
Chettle (countable and uncountable, plural Chettles)
- A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chettle is the 14256th most common surname in England, belonging to 374 individuals.
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chettle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.
- Forebears