English Explanatory Dictionary

Canwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Canwell Canwells Cantwell

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, named either with Old English canne (“can, cup, container”) or the personal name Cana + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

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