Seigel

English

Etymology

South German surname, variant of Siegel.

Proper noun

Seigel (plural Seigels)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seigel is the 20574^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1288 individuals. Seigel is most common among White (91.54%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Geisel, Giesel, Gliese, Seelig, Seigle, Siegle, lieges

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German seigel, from Old High German *seigal, from Proto-West Germanic *saigul (“club, stick”); cognate with Middle English sowel (“staff, stake”).

Noun

Seigel m

1. (Urseren) rung of a ladder

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.