McSwell Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Search old registers for McSwell and you will soon meet Maxwell too. Its meaning, shared with Maxwell, is “From Maxwell, "Maccus's pool"”.

• Before spelling was fixed, Maxwell was also written McSwell.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• The same family of names includes Maxwel and Maxwill.

McSwell coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Maxwell surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete McSwell report, with a museum-style coat of arms.