What does the Millis name mean?

[Home] [Paternal Lines] [Discoveries] [Spotlights] [Awards] courtesy of Ancestry.com (Name Meanings) What does the Millis name mean? 1. English: variant of Mills. 2. Dutch: habitational name from Milheeze in the province of North Brabant. 3. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Amilius or Amelis (Latinized forms of a Germanic name with the initial element amal 'strength', 'vigor') or of the Latin personal name Aemilius (see Milian). Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 --- What does the Milian name mean? Spanish (Milián) and Polish: from a reduced form of the Latin personal name Aemilianus (a derivative of Aemilius, a Roman family name probably derived from aemulus 'rival'). This was borne by various early saints and hence was widely used throughout Europe as a personal name in the Middle Ages. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 --- What does the Mills name mean? 1. English and Scottish: variant of Mill (1). 2. English: either a metronymic form of Mill (2), or a variant of Miles. 3. Irish: in Ulster this is the English name, but elsewhere in Ireland it may be a translation of a Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn 'of the mill'. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 --- What does the Mill name mean? 1. Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mill, Middle English mille, milne (Old English myl(e)n, from Latin molina, a derivative of molere 'to grind'). It was usually in effect an occupational name for a worker at a mill or for the miller himself. The mill, whether powered by water, wind, or (occasionally) animals, was an important center in every medieval settlement; it was normally operated by an agent of the local landowner, and individual peasants were compelled to come to him to have their grain ground into flour, a proportion of the ground grain being kept by the miller by way of payment. 2. English: from a short form of a personal name, probably female, as for example Millicent. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 --- What does the Miles name mean? 1. English (of Norman origin): via Old French from the Germanic personal name Milo, of unknown etymology. The name was introduced to England by the Normans in the form Miles (oblique case Milon). In English documents of the Middle Ages the name sometimes appears in the Latinized form Milo (genitive Milonis), although the normal Middle English form was Mile, so the final -s must usually represent the possessive ending, i.e. 'son or servant of Mile'. 2. English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Mihel, an Old French contracted form of Michael. 3. English: occupational name for a servant or retainer, from Latin miles 'soldier', sometimes used as a technical term in this sense in medieval documents. 4. Irish (County Mayo): when not the same as (1) or (3), an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire, Myles being used as the English equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Maol Muire. 5. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): unexplained. 6. Dutch: variant of Miels, a variant of Miele (3). Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 --- What does the Michael name mean? English, German, Dutch, and Jewish: from the personal name Michael, ultimately from Hebrew Micha-el 'Who is like God?'. This was borne by various minor Biblical characters and by one of the archangels, the protector of Israel (Daniel 10:13, 12:1; Rev. 12:7). In Christian tradition, Michael was regarded as the warrior archangel, conqueror of Satan, and the personal name was correspondingly popular throughout Europe, especially in knightly and military families. In English-speaking countries, this surname is also found as an Anglicized form of several Greek surnames having Michael as their root, for example Papamichaelis 'Michael the priest' and patronymics such as Michaelopoulos. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 --- What does the Miele name mean? 1. Southern Italian: from a personal name or affectionate nickname from miele 'honey'. 2. French: metonymic occupational name for a producer of honey, from a feminine form of miel 'honey'. 3. Dutch: from a personal name, perhaps of Germanic origin, or from a reduced form of the personal names Amilius, Amelis, or Emilia. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 --- "Dear Lucian My name is Lucas, I am from Brazil. My family have lived here since 1950's when my grandfather came from Holand after the Second Great War with his wife, five sons and one brother. He left there 3 sisters and one brother that died young. In a new Country they had four sons. The van Melis family is almost 60 people living in the Sao Paulo state (countryside) that married with others dutch families or brazilians. I'm looking for my history family, do you know anything about us? Thanks Lucas S. Van Melis (or Mellis, I am not sure) Jul 21, 2008" "The past, the present and the future are really one - they are today." -- Harriet B. Stowe [Home] [Paternal Lines] [Discoveries] [Spotlights] [Awards] Website Created and Maintained by Lucian MILLIS For Private Use Only. 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