Släkthistoria för Witchell
Witchell Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English whit(e) ‘white’ + child ‘child’ ‘fair child’ (Old English hwīt + cild).perhaps sometimes from Witchells in Shirwell (Devon) recorded as Wichehole in 142 The place-name derives from Old English wice ‘wych elm’ or wicca ‘witch’ + hol ‘hole hollow’. Surname variants with post-medieval excrescent -s may sometimes have been influenced by the place-name (see the 1612 early bearer).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
