Ethel

[ eth-uh l ]

/ ˈɛθ əl /

a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”

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Examples from the Web for ethel

In 1919, Ethel Parsons and Telfor Paullin made a painting that lifts hearts and souls, just by being fine art.
The Merriest Yule to One and All!|Blake Gopnik|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So welcome back, Edna and Ethel; come on down, Gertrude and Percy; walk right in, Wilhelmina and Wolfgang.
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The elevator descended with a draft," he writes, "chilling Ethel in all the damp spots.
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Lucy and Ethel wish to go to a nightclub, while Ricky and Fred would rather go see a fight.
The Week in Nostalgia: ‘Fight Club’ Hits Theaters, Cyndi Lauper’s Album Drops, and More (VIDEO)|Chancellor Agard|October 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But why should the Tea Party radicals in Congress, or your average American Joe or Ethel, believe it this time?
Crying Wolf on Capitol Hill|Joe McLean|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ethel Brown, you're running Ethel Blue hard in the line of ideas!
Ethel Morton at Rose House|Mabell S. C. Smith
Five years ago she had said, "Now it's Ethel," as she had seen him turn to the fresher beauty.
The Gay Cockade|Temple Bailey
This again was unlike the Ethel he knew, but sorrow has a refining effect on all characters.
More William|Richmal Crompton
"Oh, there's surely been a misunderstanding," repeated Ethel Lacey.
Jane Allen: Right Guard|Edith Bancroft
“Most landscapes must be just note book pictures, then,” guessed Ethel Brown.
Ethel Morton at Sweetbrier Lodge|Mabell S. C. Smith

fem. proper name, originally a shortening of Old English Etheldred, Ethelinda, etc., in which the first element means "nobility."