Twells
English
Alternative forms
- Twell, Twelves
Etymology
Contraction 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
Twells (plural Twellses)
- A surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Twells is the 8793rd most common surname in England, belonging to 710 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Twells”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN