The snell Surname
snell Name Meaning and History
English: nickname for a brisk or active person, from Middle English
snell ‘quick’, ‘lively’, in part also representing a survival
of the Old English personal name Snell or the cognate Old Norse
Snjallr.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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