The darnell Surname
darnell Name Meaning and History
- from Old French darnel ‘darnel’, an annual grass, Lolium temulentum, hence perhaps a topographic name. However, according to Reaney, the plant was believed to produce intoxication, so its adoption as a surname may have been for quite different reasons. In the British Isles the name is found chiefly in the central and east Midlands.
- variant spelling of Darnall.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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