Thiel

• As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik.
• As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tiːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /til/

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• Rhymes: -iːl
• Hyphenation: Thiel
• Homophones: teal, Teal, teel, Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele, tiel, Tiel, til

Thiel (plural Thiels)

1. A surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.
   • 2022 May 5, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, “Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 July 2022:

     And it was Mr. Thiel who brokered and attended a meeting at Mar-a-Lago at which Mr. Vance began his rehabilitation and reinvention.

   • 2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 September 2024:

     Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thiel is the 3601^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9880 individuals. Thiel is most common among White (94.84%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thiel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Leith, Theil, lieth, lithe