Ramsdell Family History
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Ramsdell Name Meaning
English: habitational name, possibly from Ramsdell in Hampshire, but more likely from Ramsdale, a place in North Yorkshire, named from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ (or possibly the genitive case of the byname Ram(m) ‘ram’) + dæl ‘valley’, or from Ramsdale Farm in Arnold, Nottinghamshire. Compare Ransdell.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Ramsden, Ramsell, Ransdell, Blaisdell, Rishell, Haswell, Caswell