Shimwell

English

Alternative forms

• Shinwell

Etymology

Anglicized form of the Old Norse personal name Svanhildr, which is composed of the elements svan (“swan”) and hildr (“battle”).

Proper noun

Shimwell (plural Shimwells)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Shimwellia

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shimwell is the 12499^th most common surname in England, belonging to 447 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shimwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.