History
The first known person in the family was Thomas Littel, from Great Britain. He married Lijsbeth Pieters in 1595 in the Big or Bartholomewchurch in Schoonhoven.
Van Drunen Littel
In 1889, Willem Littel got rights to give his children the name of their grandmother. That section of the family's name is Van Drunen Littel.
References
Littel Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA