Ethel

Ethel
Actress Elsie Mackay played Ethel Newcome in the play Colonel Newcome. The character inspired greater usage of the name Ethel.
Genderfemale
Origin
Word/nameAnglo-Saxon
Meaningnoble
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Ethel (also æthel) is an Old English word meaning "noble", today often used as a feminine given name.

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