Twells
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editContraction of Old English æt (“at, by, near”) + wielle (“well, spring”), a toponymic surname for a person who lived by a spring or stream. The final -s derives from the genitive form.
Proper noun
editTwells (plural Twellses)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Twells is the 8793rd most common surname in England, belonging to 710 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Twells”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.