The origins of the Needles surname lie with the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name Needles began when someone in that family worked as a maker of needles. The surname Needles is derived from the Old English word nædlere, which means needler. This is in turn derived from the Old English word nædl, which means needle.
The surname Needles was first found in county Shropshire, where this distinguished family held a family seat since ancient times.
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One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Needles has appeared include Needle, Needles, Needell, Needdele, Nadal, Nadle, Needler, Nedler, Nedlere, Neelder, Nelder, Neldere, Nadler, Nadlere, Nayldor, Neilder, Needlemaker and many more.
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At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Needles arrived in North America very early: