What does the name burrells mean?

Answer 1

It would be helpful to know what country the name came from, since many names are respelled over the years. Generally, however, Burrells is a form of the name Burrell, which refers either to the color of heavy wool fabric like burlap (i.e. a dark reddish color), perhaps in reference to someone's hair, or to someone who wove, knit, or sold coarse fabric like burlap. Both the name Burrell/Burrells and the word burlap come from Middle English borel meaning "coarse cloth," originally from Latin "burra" meaning "wool." Although the word comes from French originally, the name is likely British and comes from England, Scotland, or Ireland.