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Popplewell

Popplewell proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Popplewell (plural Popplewells)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Popplewell

pluralPopplewells
alternative formPopwell

Origin of Popplewell

Habitational surname from several places in Yorkshire, from Old English *popel (“pebble”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Questions about Popplewell

What does Popplewell mean?
Popplewell means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Popplewell?
Popplewell is a proper noun.

Words near Popplewell in the dictionary

  1. popples
  2. Popplestone
  3. Popplestones
  4. Poppleton
  5. Poppletons
  6. Popplewell
  7. Popplewells
  8. poppling
  9. popply
  10. poppodom
  11. poppodoms

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