Släkthistoria för Steeple
Steeple Vad efternamn betyder
from Steeple Grange in Wirksworth (Derbys) which is recorded as Stephul(l) and Steple in the 14th century. The place-name derives from Old English stēap ‘steep’ + hyll ‘hill’. from Middle English stepel steple ‘steep place; tower steeple’ (Old English stȳpel stīepel stēpel) and given to someone who lived at a steep place or by a tower or who came from a place so named such as Steeple (Dorset) Steeple Court in Botley (Hants) Steephill in Ventnor (IoW) and Steeple (Essex). Compare Stupple.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
