English Explanatory Dictionary

Elwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS655315)
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Elwell Elwells

Etymology

From Old English hæl (“omen”) + wielle (“well, spring”), presumably in reference to a pagan river worship.

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