Surnames
The surname Demirel
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What the surname Demirel means
Iron hand, a hand strong as iron
It is generally interpreted as demir, iron, plus el, hand. In this reading, the hand suggests strength and firmness.
What a surname means says nothing about the origins of the families who bear it.
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