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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : from the medieval name Sidel, a pet form of Sīfrit (see Siegfried).
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname or ornamental name from German Seidel ‘beer mug’, ‘pint’.

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