Ewell

Where Ewell comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ewell.

Ewell through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1903
    Peak, #656
    12 babies named Ewell, its best rank.
  3. 1917
    Ewell Ross McCright born
    American politician
  4. 1922
    Ewell Blackwell born
    American baseball player
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,986.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ewell Blackwell · American baseball player, 1922–1996
  • Ewell Ross McCright · American politician, 1917–1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.