Given name & surname
Birdwell
“chick, chickhen; bird”
Birdwell is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Birdwell goes back to Old English bridd, meaning “chick, chickhen; bird.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English bridd (“chick, chickhen; bird”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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