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Origin of Adel Total Records: 5  Origin of Adel, Meaning of Adel Origin: Families are IRISH from the original spelling of: Grealis Grealish Grayless Gradeless. Surnames: Gradeless, Grayless, Grealish Submitted by: Donald E. Gradeless Origin of Adel, Meaning of Adel Origin: English :occupational name for medieval court official, from Middle English bedele (Old English bydel, reinforced by Old French bedel). The word is of Germanic origin, and akin to the Old English b?odan to bid, command and to the Old High German bodo, messenger. (See BOTHA).In the Middle Ages a beadle in England and France was a junior official of a court of justice, responsible for acting as an usher in a court, carrying the mace in processions in front of a justice, delivering official notices, making proclamations (as a sort of town crier), and so on. By Shakespeare's day a beadle was a sort of village constable, appointed by the parish to keep order. Surnames: Beadel, Beadell, Beadle, Bed, Beddall, Beddell, Bedeau, Bedel, Bedell, Bedle, Beedle, Biddell, Biddle, Bittel, Buddell, Buddle, B?ttle, Pedel Submitted by: Ian Beadle Origin of Adel, Meaning of Adel Origin: dutch origin means all in the family are sexy bitches, yes thats right, sexy bitches. Surnames: Van den Adel Submitted by: Origin of Adel, Meaning of Adel Origin: The Name Adel is from North Afghanistan origins and it mean: The Wealthy. Surnames: adel Submitted by: Origin of Adel, Meaning of Adel Origin: The name Beadle is derived from the Norman Boodle, Buddle, Biddle and others. Originally in England a Beadle was a minor court official who carried the Mace in Royal Processions. Over the years the position diminished until it came to mean a Parish Disciplinarian. The modern equivalent would be a policeman. The name may also be spelt Bedel, Beadel, Beadell etc. Surnames: Beadle, Bedel, Beadell, Beadal, Biddle, Buddle, Bootle Submitted by: I.L.BEADLE 2/17/2012 4:50 PM Page 1 of 1

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