Chettle

English

Etymology

Probably from Old English ceotol, a variant of ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”), here in the topographical sense of a "deep valley surrounded by hills".

Proper noun

Chettle (countable and uncountable, plural Chettles)

1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9513).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chettle is the 14256^th most common surname in England, belonging to 374 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chettle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.
• Forebears