Meaning :hunchback,peale as a young man by the name (also as a girl name peale) is the old english origin. maybe an occupational disease, the name is based on a "peal", or a bellringing pattern, therefore, the reference to a bellringer. it can also be a variant of the shell. the painter charles willson peale, raphaelle peale, rembrandt peale.,peale as a girl's name (also known as boy of the name peale). may be related to the latin word pax, meaning "peace". transferred use of the surname.
