Newell

Where Newell comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Newell.

Newell through the years
  1. 1850
    Newell Sanders born
    American politician
  2. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #460
    #460 among boys with 14 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #943.
  4. 1904
    Newell A. George born
    American politician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Newell Sanders · American politician, 1850–1939
  • Newell A. George · American politician, 1904–1992
  • Newell Mathews · American politician, 1835–1907
  • Newell Brown · Canadian ice hockey player and coach, born 1962
  • Newell Sill Jenkins · American dentist, 1840–1919

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.