Cornwell Family History
Cornwell Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Cornwell in Oxfordshire named from Old English corn a metathesized form of cron cran ‘crane’ + well(a) ‘spring stream’. variant of Cornwall or Cornhill; in southeastern England mainly a habitational name from Cornhill in London but elsewhere alternatively from Cornhill (Northumberland) or one of the many minor places so called often becoming Cornell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022