Släkthistoria för Favell
Favell Vad efternamn betyder
from Old French fauvel ‘fallow-coloured (reddish or brownish yellow)’ perhaps describing the hair or complexion. Compare Fauvel Fallow.from Middle English fa(u)vel ‘flattery insincerity; duplicity guile intrigue’ for a person marked by such qualities. This meaning is an extension of (i) above as in medieval Europe the fallow-coloured horse was proverbial as the symbol of dishonesty.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
