Stockwell (surname)

Stockwell is an English habitational name derived from various places named Stockwell, including Stockwell in Lambeth (Surrey) and Stockwell in Cowley (Gloucestershire). The name originates from the Old English words "stocc," meaning "tree trunk" or "stump," and "wella," meaning "well," "spring," or "stream."[1] The surname is also occasionally spelled as Stokewell, Stokwelle, and Stokwell.

People

Dean Stockwell in publicity still for Rapture (1965)

Fictional characters

  • Agent Stockwell, fictional character in the movie Marauders
  • David Stockwell, fictional character in the television series Heartbeat
  • Ernest Stockwell, fictional character in the video game Army of Two
  • Hunt Stockwell, fictional character in the television series The A-Team
  • Jim Stockwell, fictional character in the television series Queer as Folk

Plants

  • Stockwellia, a tree named for an Australian forest ranger

References

  1. ^ Mills, A.D. (1991). Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869156-4.