What is "ketling"

Ketling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bronisław Prugar-Ketling (1891-1948), Polish general

• Hassling-Ketling of Elgin, a character in Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel Fire in the Steppe
• Krystyna (Krzysia) Ketling of Elgin, née Drohojowska, a character of the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz