Släkthistoria för Bortel
Bortel Vad efternamn betyder
North German: habitational name from Bordal near Hanover-Münden or a wooded area of the same name near Göttingen (both in Lower Saxony). North German: metonymic occupational name for a tailor derived from Middle Low German borde ‘trimming hem belt’. Flemish (Van Bortel): probably a topographic name from bork(t) ‘birch(es)’ + lo ‘(open space in a) wood’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
