English Explanatory Dictionary

Egli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Egli Eglis

Etymology

* As a Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from a pet form of the old name Egenolf, see Egloff. Also found in Germany and France (Alsace). * As a rare Norwegian surname, from a farm named Eikeli, from eik (“oak”) + li (“slope”).

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