The steele Surname
steele Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: from Middle English stele ‘steel’,
hence a nickname for someone considered as hard and durable as steel,
or metonymic occupational name for a foundry worker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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