Given name & surname

Popplewell

“pebble”

Popplewell is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Popplewell goes back to Old English *popel, meaning “pebble.”

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Where it comes from

Popplewell comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English *popel (“pebble”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popplewell’s family of names

In English usage, Popplewell as a surname has a related form in POPWELL.

Walk Popplewell’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Similar names

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Old English

Poppleton

“pebble”

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Old English

Popplestone

“pebble”

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Old English

Dowdeswell

“well, spring, stream”

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Old English

Pollington

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old English

Bakewell

“spring, stream”

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Old English

Honeywell

“honey”

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Old English

Poston

“postern”

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75% boys · 25% girls

Spanish

Ponton

“hill” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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