The Bell Surname
- Meaning
- bell-ringer, or 'the handsome'
- Type
- Multiple
- Root
- Old English / Old French
- Chiefly
- Northern England and the Borders
Three origins run together here: the bell-ringer or bell-founder, someone living at the sign of the bell, and the Old French bel, handsome. All three produced the same modern spelling.
In the Borders it is a reiving name of long standing.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Bell name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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