"Toll" meaning in English

See Toll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Tole [alternative], Toles [alternative]
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Towle, Tole. * As a German surname, from the adjective toll, meaning both "wonderful" and "crazy, mad." Also shortened from Bartholomäus. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol, sometimes shortened from Van Toll. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch Head templates: {{en-prop}} Toll
  1. A surname.
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