Ethel (also æthel) is an old english word meaning noble, today often used as a feminine given name. Complete 2021 information on the meaning of ethel, its origin, history, pronunciation, popularity, variants and more as a baby girl name. At the turn of the last century, when ethel barrymore was the belle of broadway, her first name was wildly popular, a top 10 name for sixteen years and in the top 100 until 1939.
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Ethel is derived from the old english word 'æþel,' meaning noble or nobleman
Short form of names beginning with the old english element æðele meaning noble
It was coined in the 19th century, when many old english names were revived It was popularized by the novels the newcomes (1855) by william makepeace thackeray and the daisy chain (1856) by c Ethel is a short form of etheldreda, ethelene, and ethelheard Ethel was in origin used as a familiar form of such names.
The meaning of ethel is ancestral land.
