The name '''Arkell''' is derived from the Old Scandinavian ''arn-'' (eagle) and ''ketill'' (kettle or cauldron). It may also be derived from the villages of High Ercall and Child's Ercall in Shropshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-01153?rskey=JtqWm5&result=4|title=Arkell|website=Oxford Reference|url-access=subscription|access-date=2025-11-29}}</ref> {{commons category|Arkell (surname)}}

==People== ===Surname=== * A. J. Arkell (1898–1980), English archaeologist and colonial administrator * Charles Arkell (1905-1968), Australian Anglican priest * Frank Arkell (1935–1998), Australian politician * Henry Arkell (1898–1982), English cricketer * James Arkell (1829-1911), American businessman and politician * John Arkell (1835–1923), English rower and clergyman * Keith Arkell (born 1961), English chess grandmaster * Ken Arkell (born 1930), Canadian former judge and Canadian football player * Myles Arkell (1932–2021), English cricketer * Reginald Arkell (1882–1959), English writer * Simon Arkell (born 1966), Australian Olympic pole vaulter * Thomas Arkell (1823–1906), English-Canadian politician * Valerie Arkell-Smith (1895–1960), English transgender man better known as Colonel Sir Victor Barker * William Joscelyn Arkell (1904–1958), English geologist and paleontologist

===Given name=== * Arkell Jude-Boyd (born 2003), UK-born association football player * Arkell Smith (born 1999), American gridiron football player

==Other uses== * Arkell Cirque, large cirque on the south face of the central Read Mountains in Antarctica * Arkell Museum, American art and historical museum in Canajoharie, New York * Arkell Spring Grounds, bedrock aquifer along the Eramosa River in Ontario, Canada * Arkell's Brewery, privately held English brewery in Swindon * Arkells, Canadian rock band * ''Arkell v. Pressdram'' a legal case involving ''Private Eye'' * Arkell, Ontario, part of Puslinch, Ontario

==See also== * Ackrill (surname) * Argyle (surname)

==References== {{Reflist}}

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