Mitchell

Meanings

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename; Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world, named after persons with the surname:
4. A place in Australia:
5. An industrial estate in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
6. A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales.
7. An undeveloped suburb in Palmerston, Northern Territory.
8. A rural town in the Maranoa Region, Queensland.
9. A locality in Lower Eyre Peninsula council area, South Australia.
10. A local government area in Victoria, north of Melbourne; in full, the Shire of Mitchell.
11. A place in Canada:
12. A local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba.

Etymology

From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).