Bertel Family History
Bertel Name Meaning
German and Danish: from a pet form of the personal name Berthold . Swedish: variant of Bertell from the personal name Bert + the suffix -ell a derivative of the Latin adjectival ending -elius. Alternatively of the same origin as 1 above. French: from a pet form of the personal name Bert . French: metonymic occupational name for a basket maker from a derivative of Old French berte ‘basket pannier’. Compare Berthel .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022