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The surname Maxwell is also common in Ulster; where it has, in some cases, been adopted as alternate form of the surname Miskell. 
This name was first recorded in 1144, as Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's spring (or stream)" (from the Old English well[1].).
The Scottish name is a habitational name, derived from a location near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland.
This name was first recorded in 1144, as Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's spring (or stream)" (from the Old English well[1].).
The surname Maxwell is also used as a Jewish surname, either as an adoption of the Scottish name, or as an Americanization of one of several like-sounding Jewish surnames. The surname Maxwell is represented in Scottish Gaelic as MacSual. Andrew Maxwell (born 1974), Irish stand-up comedian Anna Maxwell (1851–1929), American nurse Augustus Maxwell (1820–1903), American politician Brian Maxwell (1953–2004), Canadian athlete and founder of PowerBar Carmen Maxwell (1902–1987), American animator Cedric Maxwell (born 1955), American basketball player Charlie Maxwell (born 1927), American baseball player Chenoa Maxwell (born 1969), American actress and photographer Col Maxwell (1917-2001), Australian rugby league footballerDavid Maxwell David Maxwell (born 1944), American academic and university president David Maxwell (born 1951), British rower David Farrow Maxwell (born 1900), American lawyer, president of the American Bar Association David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (1900–1967), British politician, jurist, and Lord Chancellor Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), American gossip columnist and socialite Gavin Maxwell (1914–1969), British naturalist Gilbert Maxwell (1910–1979) American poet, actor, and author Graham Maxwell, American theologian Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham (1799–1868), Irish politician Hugh Maxwell (1787-1873), New York County District Attorney and Collector of the Port of New YorkJames Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist James Maxwell (1929–1995), American actorJohn Maxwell John Maxwell (1905–1962) Scottish artist and painterJohn Maxwell (1859–1929), British soldier and governorJohn Maxwell (born 1944), American writer John C.Maxwell (born 1947), American leadership coach and writer Joseph Maxwell (1896–1967), Australian soldier Kenneth R.Maxwell (born 1941) British historian Lily Maxwell, the first woman to vote in Britain (1867) Lois Maxwell (1927–2007), Canadian actress Marcus Maxwell (born 1983), American football player Marilyn Maxwell (1921–1972), American actress Maxwell Baronets, created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627 Maxwell Maxwell (born 1986), American glam-rock musician Neal A.Maxwell (1926–2004), American religious leaderRobert Maxwell Robert Maxwell (1923–1991), Czechoslovakian-born British politician and newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell (born 1921), American harpist and songwriter Robin Maxwell (born 1948), American writer Ronald F.Maxwell (born 1947), American film director and writer Russell Maxwell, American general Steamer Maxwell (1890–1975), Canadian ice hockey player Stephen Maxwell (born 1940), Scottish nationalist Stewart Maxwell (born 1963), Scottish politician Tony Maxwell, American drummer and choreographer Vernon Maxwell (born 1965), American basketball player William Maxwell English-language surnamesJewish surnamesScottish surnames.
The Scottish name is a habitational name, derived from a location near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland.
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