Melhuish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Melhuish Melhuishes Mellish Melluish

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English mǣle (“variegated, brightly coloured”) + hīwisċ (“hide (of land)”).

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