Spurrell Family History
Spurrell Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Spirewell in Wembury (Devon) probably from Old English spīr ‘spike blade of a plant’ also ‘reeds rushes’ + wella ‘well spring stream’. variant of Sporle a habitational name from Sporle (Norfolk). The placename may derive from Old English spearr spær ‘spar shaft rafter’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022