Given name & surname

Bignell

“hill”

Bignell is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bignell goes back to a word meaning “hill.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Bignell comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Germanic

Bickel

“pickaxe” · “wooded area”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Birdwell

“chick, chickhen; bird”

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Old English

Bucknell

“he-goat” · “hill”

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Old English

Barwell

“boar”

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Old English

Barrell

“barrel”

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Old English

Bardwell

“brim, rim, edge” · “well, spring, stream”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Old English · Nature

Bridwell

“bird”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Bingley

“belonging to” · “woodland clearing, glade”

No U.S. birth series

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