Woodell Family History
Woodell Name Meaning
English: from Middle English wode ‘woad’ or wode ‘wood’ + hille ‘hill’ (Old English wād or wudu + hyll). The name may be topographic for a dweller at or near either a wooded hill or a hill where woad grew or habitational from any of the minor places called Woodhill particularly Woodhill Park in Clyffe Pypard (Wiltshire) or Woodhill in Sandon (Essex). Compare Wooddell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022