Given name & surname
Atwell
“one who lives at the spring”
Atwell is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who lives at the spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who lives at the spring.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Atwell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 128
- 128 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1948. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,157 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Atwell’s family of names
Atwell has a related form in Attwel. Atwell has a related form in Attwell. Atwell has a related form in Atwel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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