Bromwell Name Origin and Family Crest

Whether you spell it Bromwell or Bramwell, the story begins in the same place. The family name meaning is “Broom spring”, the same as for Bramwell.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bromwell, so the heraldry linked to Bramwell is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Bromwell and Bramwell

Spelled with “o” instead of “a”, Bromwell shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Bramwel.

In the 2010 US Census, 522 Americans gave Bromwell as their last name (rank 41,657). That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames. Want more than a summary? See the Bromwell family name pack.