Newell

Newell

See also: newell

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• A variant of Neville or Noel.
• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tnúthghail (“descendant of Tnúthgal”), a personal name composed by the elements tnúth (“desire; envy”) + gal (“valor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuːəl/

Proper noun

Newell (countable and uncountable, plural Newells)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
3. A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United States.
4. A city and town in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States.
5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States.
6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.
7. A borough of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
8. A city and town in Butte County, South Dakota, United States.
9. A census-designated place in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States.

Alternative forms

• Newall

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Newell is the 1064^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 32909 individuals. Newell is most common among White (79.08%) and Black/African American (15.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Newell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 663.

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Middle English

Interjection

Newell

1. Alternative form of Nowel