The helliwell Surname
helliwell Name Meaning and History
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of several places
named with Old English h?lig ‘holy’ (a mutated variant of
halig) + well(a) ‘well’, ‘spring’, in particular
Helliwell in Worsborough, South Yorkshire, or Holywell (earlier
Helliwell) in Stainland, West Yorkshire. Compare
Hollowell.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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