NOWELL

NOWELL. 1. Probably the same as Noel. 2. The Nowela of Rede, now Netherside, CO. York, deduce their pedigree from Adam de Nowell, who flourished there temp. Henry I. B.L.G. The presumption of a descent from the noble fami!}' of De Noailles in France, seems to have no other foundation than the similarity of sound.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.