Steel Name Meaning
English: variant of Steele . Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stahl and Swedish Ståhl or Stål all meaning ‘steel’.
Steele Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English stel(e) ‘steel’ perhaps used for someone considered as hard and durable as steel or for a foundry worker. English: variant of Stile . Scottish: habitational name from one or more of the places called Steel(e) or Steill in Ayrshire Berwickshire and Dumfriesshire from Scots steel ‘steep bank spur of a ridge’. Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stahl or Stahle and Swedish Ståhl Stål or Ståhle all meaning ‘steel’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Seele, Sterle, Staple, Stoebe, Skeel, Steel, Selle, Steil, Sweere
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts