Släkthistoria för Wasdell
Wasdell Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Wastell with voicing of /t/ to /d/. Compare William Wastell 1712 Jn Wasdell 1716 in IGI (Guildford Surrey). from Wasdale (Cumb) which is recorded as Wastedale and Wassedale in the 14th century. The place-name may derive from Old Scandinavian vats genitive form of vatn ‘water lake’ + dalr ‘valley’.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
