Tyndale Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Arms linked to Tindall and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Some records give Tindall; others give Tyndale. Both point to the same English family name. At root, the name means “Someone from Tynedale in Northumberland”.

Before spelling was fixed, Tindall was also written Tyndale. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Tyndall, Tindal and Tindle. According to the 2010 US Census, the Tyndale surname had 351 bearers. That puts it inside the top 100,000 US surnames.

Get the complete Tyndale report, with a museum-style coat of arms.