The elwell Surname
elwell Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name, most probably from a place in Dorset,
named from Old English h?l ‘omen’ + well(a)
‘spring’, ‘stream’; the reference is presumably to pagan river
worship. Two minor places with this name in Devon are probably named
as ‘elder-tree spring’, from Old English ellern ‘elder tree’ +
well(a). The surname is now found chiefly in the West
Midlands. Compare Halliwell.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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