In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Sidwell is: From the broad well.

Where does the name Sidwell come from?

Last name: Sidwell

Recorded in the spellings of Sedwell, Sidwell, Sydwell, and Sitwell, this is an English locational surname. It originates from either a "lost" medieval village originally called "Sid-waella" or possibly "Sid-halh", and meaning " the spring by the Sid (river)" or " the house by the Sid".

What kind of name is Sidwell?

English: of uncertain origin. It appears to be a habitational name from an unidentified place with a second element from Old English well(a) 'spring', 'stream', but on the other hand early forms are found without prepositions. It may be a phrasal nickname.