Birdwell Family History
Birdwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in South Yorkshire named Birdwell from Old English bridd ‘bird’ + wella ‘spring stream’ or from Bridwell in Devon or Bridewell in Wiltshire the first element of which may be an Old English word brīd ‘surging’. The surname is now very rare in the British Isles.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022