Maxwel as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maxwel

What is the meaning of the name Maxwel ?

The baby name Maxwel is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmækswəl/ (MAX-wəl).

Maxwel is Scottish in Origin.

Maxwel is a streamlined spelling of Maxwell, a Scottish surname-turned-given name. It comes from a place name by the River Tweed in Roxburghshire, interpreted as Maccus + well: Maccus is a Norse personal name (often linked to Magnus, meaning "great"), and well derives from Old English wella, "spring" or "stream." The sense is "Maccus's spring/stream."

As a surname it is recorded from medieval Scotland and attached to a powerful Border family (the Maxwells, later Earls of Nithsdale). It began to be used as a given name in the 19th century and now feels polished and traditional. The one-L form Maxwel is a modern, rarer variant seen in parts of Africa and the Caribbean as well as among parents favoring simplified spellings. Common short forms are Max and, less often, Wells. Related or variant spellings include Maxwell, Maxell, Maxwill, and the transliterated Makswell.