1. German: from a pet form of the medieval German personal names Hadebald or Hadebert, composed of the elements had(u) ‘battle’, ‘strife’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’ or bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’.
2. Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a seller of apples, a variant of Appel.
Great pictures -- Thanks, Alice. In the Jan 1961 photo, Trish is holding my eldest, Kirk.
ReplyDeleteWe are back from over 5 weeks in our old trailer in AZ. Glad to be home, and hope to get caught up soon.
Love, Kay