Släkthistoria för Meanwell
Meanwell Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps from Middle English mene wel ‘mean well have good intentions’. The expression is well recorded often in ironic use. Compare Dowell (1) Farwell (1) Gowell and other such phrasal nicknames as Etewell Rynwell (i.e. ‘run well’) Talkewell and Waitwel in Jönsjö Nicknames .perhaps a variant of Mandeville.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
