Carnell Family History

English: in most cases probably a variant of Cornell or Cornall the latter either a variant of Corney in Lancashire dialect or if found in Devon a variant of Cornwall.

English (of Norman origin): apparently a metonymic occupational name for a crossbowman who specialized in fighting from the battlements of castles from Anglo-Norman French carnel ‘battlement embrasure’ (a metathesized form of crenel Late Latin crenellus a diminutive of crena ‘notch’).

English: shortened form of Carbonell or Cardinal.

Swedish: ornamental name from an unexplained first element + the suffix -ell a derivative of the Latin adjectival ending -elius.