Ethel

Meanings

1. A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
4. An unincorporated community in Greenfield Township, Orange County, Indiana.
5. An unincorporated community in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
6. A town in Attala County, Mississippi.
7. A town in Macon County, Missouri.
8. An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
9. An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia.
10. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington.
11. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
12. A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.

1. The rune ᛟ.
2. The name of the Latin script letter Œ/œ..

1. Noble.

1. Alternative form of athel (“tamarisk”).

Etymology

Short form of names of Old English origin beginning with Ethel-, æþele (“noble”). First used in the 19th century. Cognate to the Germanic Adela and Adele.

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