Seigel
English
Etymology
South German surname, variant of Siegel.
Proper noun
Seigel (plural Seigels)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Seigel is the 20574th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1288 individuals. Seigel is most common among White (91.54%) individuals.
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German seigel, from Old High German *seigal, from Proto-West Germanic *saigul (“club, stick”); cognate with Middle English sowel (“staff, stake”).
Noun
Seigel m
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.