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Powell

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//paʊl//
  • United Kingdom//pəʊl//
  • United States//ˈpaʊ.(w)əl//

An English and Welsh surname from Welsh.

proper noun

  1. 1

    An English and Welsh surname from Welsh.

    President Donald Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is no longer being considered as a replacement for Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair.

  2. 2

    A male given name.

  3. 3

    A number of places in the United States: A small town in DeKalb County, Alabama.

  4. 4

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.

  6. 6

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska.

  7. 7

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Delaware County, Ohio.

  8. 8

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.

  9. 9

    A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Haakon County, South Dakota.

  10. 10

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee.

  11. 11

    A number of places in the United States: A small town in Navarro County, Texas.

  12. 12

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Sherman, Iron County, Wisconsin.

  13. 13

    A number of places in the United States: A city in Park County, Wyoming.

  14. 14

    Variant of Powell CountyA number of places in the United States: Ellipsis of Powell County.

Etymology

The anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel (“son of Hywel”). Related to Howell and Huell. Sometimes also associated with Paul by folk etymology.

Forms

plural
Powells
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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