Burrell Family History
Burrell Name Meaning
English:: nickname from Middle English Old French burel borel (also birel) ‘reddish brown’ referring perhaps to complexion or hair color. This was occasionally used by Normans as a personal name perhaps a nickname substituted for the personal name. The word also denoted a coarse woollen cloth of this color so the surname may sometimes refer to dress or it may be a nickname for a maker of the cloth a bureller. habitational name from Burwell in Lincolnshire see Burwell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022