I want to know where i can find the story of the last name CHAPEL????

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I want to know where i can find the story of the last name CHAPEL????

Answer 1

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

Chapel Name Meaning and History

English: variant spelling of Chappell.

French: from a diminutive of Old French chape ‘hooded cloak’, ‘cape’, ‘hood’, or ‘hat’ (from Late Latin cappa, capa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cloaks or hats, or a nickname for a habitual wearer of a distinctive cloak or hat.

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Answer 2

This is from Ancestry.com:

English: variant spelling of Chappell.

French: from a diminutive of Old French chape ‘hooded cloak’, ‘cape’, ‘hood’, or ‘hat’ (from Late Latin cappa, capa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cloaks or hats, or a nickname for a habitual wearer of a distinctive cloak or hat.

Answer 3

www.ancestry.com

Chapel Name Meaning and History

1.English: variant spelling of Chappell**.

2.French: from a diminutive of Old French "chape" ‘"hooded cloak’, ‘cape’, ‘hood’, or ‘hat"’ (from Late Latin "cappa", capa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cloaks or hats, or a nickname for a habitual wearer of a distinctive cloak or hat.

**Chappell Name Meaning and History

1. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel, from Middle English "chapel(l)e" ‘chapel’, via Old French, from Late Latin "capella", originally a diminutive of "capa" ‘hood’, ‘cloak’, but later transferred to the sense ‘chapel’, ‘sanctuary’, with reference to the shrine at Tours where the cloak of St. Martin was preserved as a relic.

2. Americanized spelling of French Chappelle***

***Chappelle Name Meaning and History

French: topographic name for someone who lived by a chapel or church .

www.familysearch.org has these varied spellings: CHAPPELL; CHAPPLE ; CHAPPELLE ; CHAPPEL ; CHAPELL ; CHAPPL ; CHAPLE (CAPLE) ; LA CHAPELL ;

CHAPPELS ; CHAPELIER ;  and CHAPPELET .

    The name was listed as being found in US (various states),

England, Australia, India, Japan, France,  Italy,  Spain,  Argentina, Peru, Reunion Island, Mexico, Belgium, Dominican Republic (Caribbean),  and Canada.

     These were the earliest listings of people with this surname: Alexander CHAPPELL --b. 1557, England; and

ABRAHAM. CHAPELIER--b.1571,France (listed his father CLAUDON , so subtract about 20 years).

Answer 4

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