# Tirel

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**Tirel** (tiʁɛl) is a [French](/source/French_language) surname[1][2][3] which may have either been a nickname for a stubborn person ([Old French](/source/Old_French): *tirel*, for a [draught animal](/source/Draught_animal), from [French](/source/French_language) *tirer* "to pull") or alternatively be a surname of baptismal origin from the personal name [Thorvald](/source/Thorvald) (composite of [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) *[Þórr](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3rr)* "[Thor](/source/Thor)" and *[valdr](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valdr)* "wielder", "ruler"). It is the source of the frequent English surnames [Tyrrell](/source/Tyrrell_(surname)), [Tyrell](/source/Tyrrell_(surname)), [Terrell](/source/Terrell_(surname)), [Tirrell](/source/Tirrell) and [Turrell](/source/Turrell_(name)). Notable people with this name include:

- [Christiane Tirel](/source/Christiane_Tirel) (born 1939), French botanist
- [Élodie Tirel](/source/%C3%89lodie_Tirel) (born 1972), French author of children's literature
- [Guillaume Tirel](/source/Guillaume_Tirel) (ca. 1310 – 1395), French chef
- [John Tirel](/source/John_Tirel) (died 1395), Irish judge
- [Walter Tirel](/source/Walter_Tirel) (1065 – after 1100), Anglo-Norman nobleman

## References

1. ["Tirel Surname Distribution"](http://forebears.io/surnames/tirel). *forebears.io*. Retrieved 17 February 2020. Approximately 3,056 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: France; Highest density in: Jersey.

1. ["Statistics and meaning of name Tirel"](http://www.namespedia.com/details/tirel). *namespedia.com*. Retrieved 17 February 2020. Surname Tirel is used at least 766 times in at least 12 countries.

1. ["Tyrrell Name Meaning"](https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=tyrrell). *ancestry.com*. Retrieved 17 February 2020. perhaps from a Norman nickname for a stubborn person, from Old French tirel, used of an animal which pulls on the reins, a derivative of tirer ‘to pull’. Woulfe suggests that it may be from the personal name Thurold, Old Norse Thorvaldr, composed of the elements þórr, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + valdr ‘rule’.

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