The hensell Surname
hensell Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from Hensall in North Yorkshire, originally named with the unattested Old English personal name Heþin or Old Scandinavian Heþinn + Old English halh ‘nook’.
- Huguenot surname, of unexplained origin, which was taken to England by a Protestant refugee who fled France after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day (24 August 1572) and settled in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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