Cantwell Family History
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Cantwell Name Meaning
English: possibly a habitational name from Canwell in Staffordshire, named with either Old English canne ‘can’, ‘cup’ or the Old English personal name Cana + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’. The surname is common in Ireland as well as England.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Cantrell, Caldwell, Hartwell, Caswell, Carswell, Banwell, Cranwell