Släkthistoria för Whissell
Whissell Vad efternamn betyder
for someone who played a pipe or flute from Middle English whistle ‘pipe flute’. Compare Whistler and Johannes Whistiltirour ‘whistle puller (as if pulling at tough meat)’ 1438 in York Freemen's Register . perhaps sometimes a nickname from Middle English whit soul sal ‘white soul’ perhaps for someone perceived to be highly moral. It is not clear whether this is really a source of the modern surname. Compare Godsal.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
