Type Surname (from location)
Usage Scottish
Meaning & History
Also N Irish
Habitational name from a place in Lanarkshire named Bothwell, from Middle English both(e) "bothy", "small hut" + well(a) "spring", "stream".
Habitational name from a place in Lanarkshire named Bothwell, from Middle English both(e) "bothy", "small hut" + well(a) "spring", "stream".