Estell Family History

English:: variant of Eskell from the Middle English personal name Askell Old Norse Áskell a shortened form of Ásketill (see Axtell). The personal name was also popular among the Normans sometimes in the form Anskell (ancient Germanic Ans- substituted for As-) which largely explains why the name occurs in post-Conquest England in counties not settled by Vikings.

Topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’ + hal(le) ‘chief building, hall’ or hale ‘nook, remote place’ (Old English ēast + hall or halh) denoting someone who lived or worked at the ‘east hall’ or who lived at a place known as the ‘east nook’.