Casteel Family History
Casteel Name Meaning
Altered form of mainly northern French Ducastel: topographic name with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’ from Picard castel Old French chastel ‘castle’ (see Castel 5 compare 2 below); or a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Le Castel. Compare Castile . Dutch: from kasteel ‘castle’ hence a topographic name or a metonymic occupational name for someone who lived or worked in a castle.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022