Mell Family History
Mell Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): perhaps a variant of Meale a Norfolk name which is either a metonymic occupational name from Middle English mele ‘meal ground cereal’ perhaps for a maker or seller of meal (compare Millman ) or else a topographic or habitational name from Middle English mele ‘sand-hill’ (Old Norse melr) as found in such placenames as North Meols (Lancashire) Ravensmeols in Formby (Lancashire) and Great Meols (Cheshire) (compare Meil ). German: variant of Melle .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022