Boardwell Family History
Boardwell Name Meaning
English (Lancashire):: perhaps also a metathesized variant of Broadwell . Compare Bordwell . hypercorrect variant of Boardall a habitational name from Braddyll in Billington (Lancashire) which is recorded as Bradhul in the 14th century. The placename derives from Old English brād ‘broad’ + hyll ‘hill’. The form Boardall is a result of metathesis.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022