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Tyrrell

//ˈtɪɹ.əl// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States; from the Tyrell surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A locality in the Shire of Buloke and the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia countable, uncountable

Etymology

Perhaps from a Norman nickname for a stubborn person, from Old French tirel (“an animal which pulls on the reins”), a derivative of tirer (“to pull”). Woulfe suggests that it may be from the personal name Thurold or Þorvaldr, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + valdr (“rule”).

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