The boswell Surname
boswell Name Meaning and History
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville in
Seine Maritime, France, named with Old French Beuze (a personal
name probably of Germanic origin) + ville ‘settlement’. The
final element has been altered as a result of association with the
common place name ending -well ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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