Cowell

English Etymology As an en ga - and en gv - surname, shortened from en McCawell, Anglicized from ga Mac ga Cathmhaoil son of Cathmhaol, meaning "battle chief," see en Caulfield. Also as an Irish surname, shortened from ga Mac (ga Giolla) ga Comhghaill son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal, see en Cool. Also as an Irish surname, shortened from en McCool. As an English surname, from several places named en Cowhill, analyzable as en cow + en hill, or from Cowleigh in Worcestershire, equivalent to en cow + en Leigh. Also as an English surname, variant of en Cole. As a en pl -, en rue - and Jewish surname, Americanized from en Kowal. Proper noun en. en town dist/Franklin Harbour pen/Eyre Peninsula s/South Australia, named after John Clayton Cowell. en former ucomm annexed to city/Concord co/Contra Costa County s/California c/USA, named after Joshua Cowell. Derived terms Cowellian