As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CATTELL. The Welsh Annals (Annales Cambriaj, Mon. Hist. Brit.) mention a Catell, king of Powys, in a.d. 808, and other eminent personages of the same Christian name. Cattal is, however, the name of a township in the W. R. of Yorkshire. The forms in the H.R. are De Catallo and C'atel. A French Protestant refugee family of Catel settled in England temp. Elizabeth.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Location or geographical feature

Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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