Where does the name maxwell derive frome?

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Where does the name maxwell derive frome?

Answer 1

Maxwell Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from a place near Melrose in Roxburghshire. The place name is first recorded in 1144 in the form Mackeswell ‘Mack’s spring or stream (Old English well(a))’.

Irish: this surname is common in Ulster, where it has sometimes been adopted as an alternative to Miskell.

Jewish: arbitrary adoption of the Scottish name, or Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Answer 2

According to the Maxwell Society, . . .

After the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the Normans also made their way to Scotland.   One Norman named Herbert, who was also the Great Chamberlain of Scotland, subsequently took his identity from a well he had obtained some time before 1159.  The will's original owner, Maccus, pronounced his Latin name in the Scots' manner as "Max".  Herbert was succeeded by his son, Sir John de Maccuswell.  In time, this designation morphed into the surname Maxwell.

Answer 3

Scottish from Mack's spring.

Answer 4

That's my brother's name! I believe it is Scottish.