Wool Family History
Wool Name Meaning
English (London):: metonymic occupational name for a worker in wool or a wool dealer from Middle English woll wull ‘wool’ (Old English wull). from a specifically southwestern development of Middle English well(e) ‘spring stream’ from Old English well(a) giving wull(e) woll(e). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived at or near a spring or stream or habitational for someone from Wool (Dorset).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022