The burrell Surname
burrell Name Meaning and History
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: probably a metonymic
occupational name for someone who made or sold coarse woolen cloth,
Middle English burel or borel (from Old French
burel, a diminutive of b(o)ure); the same word was used
adjectively in the sense ‘reddish brown’ and may have been applied as
a nickname referring to dress or complexion. Compare Borel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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