Sewall Family History
Sewall Name Meaning
English:: from the Middle English personal name Sewal(d) Sawal(d) Old English Sǣweald from sǣ ‘sea’ + weald ‘rule(r)’. This name later became thoroughly confused with Sewal(d) from Old English Sigeweald or Old Norse Sigvaldr (see Sewell ). Compare Seawell . variant of Sewell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022