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Maxwell (surname)

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Maxwell is a Scottish surname, a habitational name derived from a location near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. This name was first recorded in 1144, as Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's spring (or stream)" (from the Old English well[a]). The surname Maxwell is also common in Ulster, where it has, in some cases, been adopted as alternate form of the Irish surname Miskell.[1] The surname Maxwell is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacSuail.

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  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.