Släkthistoria för Purell
Purell Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Purl (see Pearl) with an intrusive vowel between -r- and -l. Compare George Pearl 1809 John Purrell 1817 in IGI (Bocking Essex); and Mary Purel in Census 1841 (Fordham Cambs) with John Purl in Census 1851 (Fordham Cambs) possibly identical with John Purell in Census 1881 (Fordham Cambs). It is possible however that in these examples Purl is a variant of Pur(r)el see (2). variant of Porrill. perhaps a reduced form of a place-name beginning in Pir- + well or hill. Purwell (Mill) in Hitchin (Herts) is named with Old English pirige ‘pear-tree’ + Old English wielle ‘stream’ and is known to have given rise to a Herts surname. Purwell (Farm) in Cassington (Oxon) probably has the same etymology as Purwell in Herts but there are no medieval spellings for the place-name and it is not known if it gave rise to a surname. The ancient hundred name Pirehill in Staffs recorded as Pirehel Pereholl in 1086 and Pirhill' in 1199 may have been derived from an Old English word for a look-out (related to Middle English peren ‘to peer’) + Old English hyll ‘hill’. However no surname from this place is recorded in Tooth . It is is difficult to match any of the recorded bearers of Porrell and Purell with any of these known place-names. perhaps a variant of Prill with an intrusive vowel between [p] and [r] but no evidence has been found to corroborate this.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
