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Halliwell
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Origin Of The Surname Halliwell
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Meaning Of The Surname Halliwell
From the Town with the Holy Well
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Interesting
Facts About
Halliwell
Halliwell is a locational surname, coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself is derived from the Old English ‘halig’ and ‘waella’ combined to mean ‘holy well’. Towns with this name would have had wells or springs dedicated to a certain saint. Gerri Halliwell the ex member of the British band Spice Girls is a famous bearer of this surname. |
Halliwell Statistics
Halliwell is the number 1068 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 9,482 share the surname Halliwell in the UK.
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