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The name ROCKWELL may have English origins.
Rockwell is from a habitational surname originating in Buckinghamshire and Somerset in England. The former was earlier Rockholt, and was so named from Old English hroc "rook" + holt "wood." The second element of the Somerset place is probably Old English well(a) "spring," "stream." A notable bearer of this name was Rockwell Kent, an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer.
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