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Type Surname (from given name & from location)
Usage Manx, Anglo-Saxon
Other Forms FormsModdrell, Madrel, Matherell, Modirwall, Moderwell,
Meaning & History
The placename is of Anglo-Saxon origin, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Modred".Also appears to be a late medieval variant form of the locational surname Motherwell, from a Lancashire place-name, and Moddershall in Staffordshire. The Isle of Man had the highest population of Maddrell families.