Släkthistoria för Jeckell
Jeckell Vad efternamn betyder
from the Old Breton personal name Iudicael which became Iedecael modern Gicquel Iezequel (Loth Bretonne ) and survives in French as Jézéquel. It is derived from iuð ‘lord’ with a suffix -ig + hael hail ‘generous’. The name is found at Bodmin (about 1000) as Gyðiccœl (Feilitzen Pre-Conquest Personal Names ). In England the personal name was particularly common in Yorks and Lincs and in districts where Bretons settled after the Conquest. See also Joel Goss.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
