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in reply to a message by Andy Cuell
If you have information on the meaning of Cuell are you willing to share it by posting on the message board? As I recall, we arrived at no firm conclusion in our discussion of the name.
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Well I have a scanned copy of a research certificate my Mum sent me. I am not going to type it all here, but I can email you it as an attchment if you like....
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No thanks. I thought you might have found out something about the meaning of the surname. Thanks anyway.
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Here is some material that I have accumulated over time. Most of it makes sense to me. The name Cuell is spelled in various ways – Cuell, Cuel, Cewell, Kewel, Kewell, Kuell, Kuelle – in various records. Its origins are difficult to place. It may derive from the Norman French ‘cuel’, meaning neck. Alternatively it may be a name derived from a place (now disappeared) in Somerset; or it could be derived from a Welsh word meaning thin; or it could be derived from a word meaning hazel. It could also be derived from the french word "cuillier, or marchand des cuillier" - a cutlery merchant.
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Thanks.
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