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Ethel

Meaning

Short form of names beginning with the Old English element æðel meaning "noble". It was coined in th

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Famous People Named Ethel

Ethel Watts Mumford

Ethel Watts Mumford (1876/1878 – 1940) was an American author from New York City.

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Ethel Lynn Beers

Ethel Lynn Beers (born Ethelinda Eliot; January 13, 1827 – October 11, 1879) was an American poet best known for her patriotic and sentimental Civil War poem "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight".

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Ethel and Albert

Ethel and Albert (aka The Private Lives of Ethel and Albert) was a radio and television comedy series about a married couple, Ethel and Albert Arbuckle, living in the small town of Sandy Harbor.

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Ethel Snowden

Ethel Snowden, Viscountess Snowden (born Ethel Annakin; 8 September 1881 – 22 February 1951), was a British socialist, human rights activist, and feminist politician.

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Ethel Ayler

Ethyl Spraggins Ayler (May 1, 1930 – November 18, 2018) was an American character actress with a career spanning over five decades.

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Ethel in Other Languages

Ancient GermanicAldo
CzechAdéla
EnglishAdalyn
EnglishAdalynn
EnglishAdeline
FinnishAada
FinnishAda
FrenchAdeline
FrenchAline
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