[Surname] Re: origin of surname PELL
in reply to a message by Chris Colombo
"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".
Reaney and Wilson, "A Dictionary of English Surnames".