Släkthistoria för Athol
Athol Vad efternamn betyder
from the province and earldom of Atholl in Perthshire. The place-name is from Old Gaelic ath effectively ‘new’ + Fótla an ancient name of one of the tutelary goddesses of Ireland hence ‘New Ireland’. possibly and rarely also from Middle English atte hole ‘(dweller) in the hollow’ Old English holh.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
