Grell Family History
Grell Name Meaning
German: nickname for an irritable irascible person from Middle High German grel ‘rough angry’. German: metonymic occupational name from Middle High German grelle ‘spiked instrument; fork spear’ for a user or maker. German: habitational name from a place called Grelle. Danish: from a short form of German Schleppegrell see
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022