Buckel Family History
Buckel Name Meaning
German: from a pet form of the personal name Burkhart . German: descriptive nickname for a person with a hunchback. German: possibly also a metonymic occupational name for a metalworker from Middle High German buckel ‘(embossed) buckle on a shield’. English (Suffolk): variant of Buckle .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022