Shortell Family History
Shortell Name Meaning
Irish: re-Anglicized form of Gaelic Seartal Soirtéil Gaelicized forms of the obsolete English surname Shorthals from Middle English s(c)hort ‘short’ + hals ‘neck’. The name was taken to Ireland in the reign of King Edward I (1272–1307).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022