Saffell Family History
Saffell Name Meaning
English (Essex): from the Middle English personal name Safugel (Old Norse sǽfogl ‘sea-bird especially the cormorant’) not recorded as a personal name in Scandinavia but common in England after the Norman Conquest. In some cases with voicing of intervocalic /f/ to /v/ there may have been confusion with Saville .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022