The bellew Surname
bellew Name Meaning and History
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of
the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named
in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or
from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French
bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from
Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning
‘watercress’. Compare French Beaulieu.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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