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[Surname] Re: origin of surname PELL
"Pell is a pet form of Peter, with a diminutive Pelly...Pell may also be OFr [Old French] pel,'skin', for a dealer in skins."
Reaney and Wilson, "A Dictionary of English Surnames".
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