As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

TEALE. 1. Possibly from the bird, like Gander, Swan, &c. 2. The Scottish teil, a bus3-body ; a mean fellow. Jamieson. The word in this sense is sometimes written teal. 3. Teil, the birch tree. Halliwell.

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


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