Snelson Family History
Snelson Name Meaning
English:: habitational name principally from Snelson in Over Peover (Cheshire) but perhaps also from Snelson in Lavendon (Buckinghamshire) and Snelston (Derbyshire). The placenames derive from the Old English personal name Snell (genitive Snelles) or the Old Norse personal name Snjallr (genitive Snjalls) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’ (see Snell ). perhaps occasionally a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Snell + -son ‘son of Snell’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022