Show ContentsSickle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Sickle is derived from the Old Dutch word for a sickle. This name was either a topographic name for someone who lived on a sickle shaped piece of land, or was an occupational name for a person who used a sickle.

Early Origins of the Sickle family

The surname Sickle was first found in Ghent, the Flemish Region of Belgium.

Early History of the Sickle family

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Sickle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sickel, VanSickel, Sickle, Van Sickle, Van Sickele, Vansickle and many more.


United States Sickle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sickle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • John David Sickle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1744 1
  • Adam Sickle, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1751 1

Canada Sickle migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sickle Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Thomas P Sickle, who landed in Esquimalt, British Columbia in 1862

Contemporary Notables of the name Sickle (post 1700) +

  • Tom R. Van Sickle, American Republican politician, Kansas State Treasurer, 1973-75 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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