Farwell Family History
Farwell Name Meaning
English:: nickname from the Middle English phrase fare wel ‘do well prosper’ or perhaps from the saluation fare wel ‘farewell goodbye’. Compare Farewell habitational name from Farewell Staffordshire or another place so named (from Old English fæger ‘pleasant’ + wella ‘spring stream’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022