Nice to see you around these parts again, '
Cole ! Upon doing a 'net search on "Wanell", I was surprised to see that a number of women seem to have borne this name -- over the past hundred years or so.
The best I can figure, is that "Wanell" is an alternate spelling -- or anglicization -- of the name "Juanell" or "Juanelle" or "Juanella". All of these are forms of the name "
Juana " (click on the blue link for meaning).
The reason why I believe this, is because I did find at least one genealogy on the 'net in which the daughter had been given the middle name of "Wanell", while her grandmother's first name was "Juanell".
http://www.familyorigins.com/users/w/e/b/Jay-Stephen-Webb/FAMO3-0001/d70.html
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Nanaea