Sandell Family History
Sandell Name Meaning
Swedish: ornamental name from sand ‘sand’ + the suffix -ell a derivative of the Latin adjectival ending -elius. The original humanistic form of the surname Sandelius is still common in Sweden. English: from Middle English sand ‘sand’ + hil(le) hul(le) ‘hill’ or helde hilde hulde ‘slope’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived on or near a sandy hill or sandy slope or habitational from a place so named such as Sandhill in Worth (Sussex) or Sandhill in East Grinstead (Sussex). English: variant of Sandall .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022