Blodwell

English

Etymology

Apparently from Old English blōd (“blood”) + wielle (“well, source, spring”), first recorded as Blodwelle c.1200; also incorporated into Llanyblodwel.

Proper noun

Blodwell (plural Blodwells)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blodwell is the 68634^th most common surname in England, belonging to 34 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blodwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174.