Trundle Family History

English (Essex and Norfolk): from Middle English trendel trindel ‘circle sphere' (Old English trendel) used topographically to denote a range of circular features notably prehistoric stone circles earthwork enclosures and rounded hills.

The surname may be topographic for someone who lived beside such a feature or toponymic from a place so named such as Trendell's Wood in Stokenchurch (Buckinghamshire) The Trundle a hillfort on Saint Roche's Hill in Singleton (Sussex) and Trull (Somerset).

Perhaps also nicknames from Middle English trendel trindel ‘circle sphere' (Old English trendel) used to denote a wheel or spindle for someone who made or used such items; or from a derivative of Middle English trendlen ‘to roll bounce revolve’ (Old English trendlian).

Possibly an altered form of South German Tröndle a variant of Trendle, a nickname for a tearful person from Träne ‘tear’ + the diminutive suffix (d)-l.