The story
- Old English · derived fromseofon“seven”
- English todayShowell
Habitational surname from two minor places near Little Tew and Steeple Barton, both in Oxfordshire, from Old English seofon (“seven”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishseofon all →
seven
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.