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Where does the name Eeles come from???????

Where does the name Eeles come from???????

Another Eeles Family! (View posts)
Posted: 30 Oct 2002 9:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi everyone, I am looking to find out anything about where the name Eeles comes from. My immediate family are from Middlesbrough, and no-one seems to know where it originates! Please help!

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Re: Where does the name Eeles come from???????

Janet O'Regan (View posts)
Posted: 9 Apr 2003 11:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
Ireland.

Re: Where does the name Eeles come from???????

Posted: 22 May 2010 9:59PM GMT
Classification: Query
Dont think Ireland is right derives fs from Anglo Saxon and the eels fishermen on the Severn as far as my husbands family know....

Re: Where does the name Eeles come from???????

Posted: 11 Oct 2012 1:17AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Eeles
Hi, Just found this query. A lady I met briefly about 20 years ago was born an Eeles. She said her family believed the name originated in Paris France, 'De Iles', of/from the island, and had changed due to phonetic spelling and general illiteracy!
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