Ledwell

L1E1D2W4E1L1L1

proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English hlūd →
Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounLedwell (plural Ledwells)

plural Ledwells

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhlūd“loud”
  2. EnglishLedwell

Habitational surname from a place in Oxfordshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

More words from Old English

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Ledwell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ledwell

MLA

“Ledwell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ledwell. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ledwell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ledwell.

Source: Ledwell on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.