Astle Family History

English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire called Astle from Old English ēast ‘east’ + hyll ‘hill’. There may also have been some confusion with Asthall and Astley. Or occasionally this may be a topographic name denoting residence on an ‘east hill’ (from Middle English ast + hill or hull) i.e. a hill to the east of a settlement.

English: perhaps also a habitational name from Astwell Northamptonshire from Old English ēast ‘east’ + wielle ‘spring’. English: habitational name from Asthall Oxfordshire from Old English ēast ‘east’ + halh ‘nook’.

English: variant of Astill from the Middle English personal name Astill, a shortened form of Norman French Ansketill (Old Norse Ásketill); see Astin.

English: possibly also from the Middle English personal name Astwulf (Old English Ēastwulf, composed of the elements ēast ‘east’ + wulf ‘wolf’).

In some cases also an Americanized form of South German Astl or Astel: probably a nickname for a crude person from Middle High German ast ‘branch, bough, knot’.