Carrel Family History
Carrel Name Meaning
Irish and English: variant of Carrell . French: from Old French quar(r)el carrel ‘bolt (for a crossbow)’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbow bolts or figuratively a nickname for a short stout man (compare English Carrell ). The word also meant ‘paving slab’ and so it could also have been a metonymic occupational name for a street layer.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022