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I can't find the name anywhere. But I came across the name MAJELLA, originally a family name. There was even a saint by the name Gerardus Majella (1726-1755). My source* says that MAJELLA is of uncertain derivation, possibly taken from the Latin word "maius" ("bigger, greater"). Whether MAJEL has anything to do with it I don't know.

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Andy

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* Winfried Seibicke, Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (1996-2002)

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