Meynell

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• From Old French mesnil (“cottage”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling.
• From a Norman female personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *maginą (“power, might”) and *hildiz (“battle, fight”).

Proper noun

Meynell (plural Meynells)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Meynell's Gorse

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Meynell is the 7556^th most common surname in England, belonging to 860 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meynell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 583.