Sarel

English

Etymology

From Old English Sarlo, Sarle and Serle, from Anglo-Scandinavian or Norman Sarli and Sarle, ultimately from Old Norse.

The given name sense is derived from Afrikaans Sarel.

Proper noun

Sarel

1. A surname.
   • 1829, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons‎^[1], volume 18, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, page 18:

     Andrew Lovering Sarel, esq. of Enfield, appealed against the charge made upon him from one to two four-wheeler's carriages.

2. A male given name from Afrikaans.
   • 1899, George Griffith, Briton or Boer?: A Tale of the Fight for Africa‎^[2], F. V. White & Company, page 143:

     The Boers who had ridden into Germiston were under the command of Captain Sarel Eloff, President Krüger's grandson …

   • 1967, Sarel Kandell, edited by Patsy T. Mink, Hearings, Reports, Public Laws‎^[3], volume 12, United States Congress House Committee on Education and Labour, page 324:

     My name is Sarel Kandell. I am an attorney formerly with the migrant legal action program, and I just have one basic comment to make.

   • 2023, John Laband, The Boer Invasion of the Zulu Kingdom 1837–1840, Jonathan Ball, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     His party grew along the way and was joined by that of Charl (Sarel) Celliers (or Cilliers) from the Colesberg District with 25 adult men.

Derived terms

• Sarell

See also

• Sarl
• Sarll

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Carel, Charl and Charel, from French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”).

Proper noun

Sarel

1. a male given name.
   • 1987, P. S. De Jongh, Sarel Cilliers: 'n biografie oor die voortrekkerfiguur Sarel Cilliers [Sarel Cilliers: A biography about the Voortrekker Sarel Cilliers], Perskor, →ISBN, page 216:

     Sarel se familie in die Oranje-Vrystaat het hom ingelig oor die belowende boerdery vooruitsigte.

     Sarel's family in the Orange Free State informed him about the promising farming prospects.

   • 2002, Fanus Rautenbach, Tiesj: Weerkaatsings Vanmelewe [Tiesj: Reflections of Life], Hemel en See, →ISBN, page 262:

     My naam is nie Sarel nie. My naam is Raymond!

     My name is not Sarel. My name is Raymond!

Derived terms

• Zarel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans Sarel.

Proper noun

Sarel ?

1. a male given name from Afrikaans.