# Barrell

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #88,097

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/barrell