Teller Family History
Teller Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Old French telier ‘weaver’, ‘linen-weaver’. German: variant of Tell 2 and 3. Dutch: occupational name for a teller, a marketplace official. Jewish (Ashkenazic): either a metonymic occupational name for a dish maker or a nickname, from German Teller, Yiddish teler ‘plate’. Catalan: from a derivative of Tell 4.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press