Origin and popularity of the name LOVELL

Origin

Lovell : English: nickname from Anglo-Norman French lovel ‘wolf cub’ a diminutive of lou love ‘wolf’. Compare Love and Low.

Edgeworth : English (Gloucestershire): habitational name from Edgeworth (Gloucestershire) or possibly from Edgworth (Lancashire) so named from Old English ecg ‘hillside ridge’ + worth ‘enclosure’. This surname is also common in Ireland (particularly in County Longford) having been in Ireland since 1583. Edgeworthstown in Longford is named after Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817).

Lillingston : from Lillingstone Dayrell and Lillingstone Lovell (Bucks) recorded as Lillingestan and Litlingestan in medieval documents. The place-name derives from the Old English personal name *Lȳtel or Lȳtla + the Old English group-name suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + stān ‘stone’.

Upton : English: habitational name from any of the many places in England called Upton most of which are named with Old English upp ‘upper’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’ though some have different origins such as one in Essex originally named with the phrase upp in tūne ‘up in the settlement’ i.e. the higher part of the settlement and Upton Lovell (Wiltshire) which derives from the Old English personal name Ubba + Old English tūn. This name was brought to Ireland (Antrim) in 1598 by Henry Upton from Upton in Devon.

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