Stiel Family History
Stiel Name Meaning
German: variant of Stiehl or in some cases from an ancient Germanic personal name from stilli ‘quiet gentle’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Stiel ‘handle stem’ ‘stalk’ most likely one of the names selected at random from vocabulary words by government officials when surnames were made compulsory.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022