Newnes Family History
Newnes Name Meaning
from Newnes in Ellesmere (Shrops) which is recorded as Newenes in 1309. The etymology of the place-name is uncertain; it may derive from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + næss ‘promontory headland’ but the sense of ‘new headland’ is not clear and such a name does not suit the place's topography.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016