First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by Marcia Layton Turner. Buy this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.
Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.
Last name origin & meaning:
Scandinavian: patronymic from the personal name Eskil(d), Old Norse Áskell, Ásketill, a compound of elements meaning ‘god’ + ‘kettle’ or ‘helmet’.
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