Barrell

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

Origin

Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a cooper or a nickname for an obese man or an immoderate drinker, from Old French baril (“barrel”). * Habitational surname from Barwell, in Leicestershire, from Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Forms

Barrells