There's an updated version of the FELL surname at our new website, including better maps and updated information. Click/tap here to go to the new site at BritishSurnames.uk.

FELL

AbeBooks.com. Thousands of booksellers - millions of books.

There are approximately 7,716 people named Fell in the UK. That makes it the 1,399th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 122 are named Fell.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

Feal
Fall
Fale
Faella
Falls
Falla
Fahl
Fallo
Faul
Fail
Fallie
Failla
Fealy
Feall
Faell
Feeal
Faall
Faehl
Fealla
Faells
Feally
Fal
Faelli
Faello
Feals
Fallz
Fallu
Falli
Feaill
Feala
Feali
Fawl
Faal

The Fell surname in historical dictionaries

Fel, in the Dutch, signifies fierce, furious, violent; also local, a rocky place, barren and stony hills; any uninclosed place; a moor, a valley. A short time since, a tradesman named James Fell migrated from Ludgate Hill to Fleetstreet, and announced the event in the following manner: "L Fell, from Ludgate Hill;" under which a wag wrote, "Oh what a fall was there, my countryman!"--Lower.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Your comments on the Fell surname