Széll, Szell is a Hungarian surname. The name comes as an archaic Turkic loanword with the Chuvash word "ҫил" (śil) which later became the Hungarian word " szél" meaning "

wind Wind is the natural movement of atmosphere of Earth, air or other gases relative to a planetary surface, planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heatin ...

". The name is topographic in nature, meaning "someone who lived in a spot exposed to the wind". The German equivalent is "Selle" and the English equivalent is "Sell".Charry, Michael. ''George Szell: A Life of Music''. Pg.43.

University of Illinois Press The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is an American university press and is part of the University of Illinois System. Founded in 1918, the press publishes some 120 new books each year, thirty-three scholarly journals, and several electroni ...

. 2011. Széll may refer to: * Christian Szell, a fictional character of ''Marathon Man'' *

Domonkos Széll Domonkos Széll (born 25 July 1989 in Budapest) is a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Men's Pair event together with his teammate Béla Simon Béla Simon (born 4 August 1988) is a Hungarian rower. He ...

(born 1989), Hungarian Olympic rower *

George Szell George Szell (; June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970), originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell, was a Hungarian-born American conductor, composer and pianist. Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors ...

(; 1897, Budapest – 1970), a Jewish Hungarian-American conductor * György Széll (politician) (1827, Makó – 1910, Makó), Hungarian politician * György Széll (sociologist) (born 1941), Hungarian-German sociologist * József Széll (1880 – 1956), a Hungarian politician * Kálmán Széll de Duka et Szentgyörgyvölgy (1843, Gasztony – 1915, Rátót), a Hungarian politician, banker ** ''SS Széll Kálmán'' * Susanne Szell (born 1965, Bremen), German actress

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