Idell Family History
Idell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Idle in Calverley Yorkshire which was named in Old English from īdel ‘idle unused’ probably denoting an area of uncultivated land. English: nickname from Middle English idel ‘idle lazy’. Alternatively from an unrecorded Middle English female personal name Idele (Old French Idele ancient Germanic Idela) a pet form of Ide (Old French Ide; see Ide ). Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Idl a pet form of Jude .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022