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Pronunciation of Melhuish in Essex, England
| m | is pronounced as | m | in me | |
| eh | is pronounced as | e | in pet | |
| l | is pronounced as | l | in let | |
| y | is pronounced as | y | in yes | |
| oo | is pronounced as | oo | in food | |
| ih | is pronounced as | i | in it | |
| sh | is pronounced as | sh | in ship |
Phonetic Spelling:[ m Eh l y oo ih sh ]
m
Eh
l
y
oo
ih
sh
me
pet
let
yes
food
it
ship
Type of Name:
Last name
Language:
Devon- England
Gender:
Male, Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Melheuse, Mellhewes, Melhuse, Mellhush, Mellhuish and Mellish
Additional Information:
It is locational from a now lost medieval village in the county of Devonshire called in the 13th century "Melehewis". The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century words "maele", meaning brightly coloured, and "hiwisc", a hide of land. A hide was an area considered suitably large for a family of four to subsist on, or roughly the area that could be ploughed by one plough in one year, whilst "brightly coloured" in this sense may have a transferred meaning of "good land".
As the surname has a single source it means that all people with the surname Melhuish (apart from people who took it after marriage) are related!
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Pronunciation of Melhuish in Essex, England
Mel-yoo-ish
Type of Name:
Last name
Language:
Devon- England
Gender:
Male, Female
Alternate Spelling(s):
Melheuse, Mellhewes, Melhuse, Mellhush, Mellhuish and Mellish
Additional Information:
It is locational from a now lost medieval village in the county of Devonshire called in the 13th century "Melehewis". The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century words "maele", meaning brightly coloured, and "hiwisc", a hide of land. A hide was an area considered suitably large for a family of four to subsist on, or roughly the area that could be ploughed by one plough in one year, whilst "brightly coloured" in this sense may have a transferred meaning of "good land".
As the surname has a single source it means that all people with the surname Melhuish (apart from people who took it after marriage) are related!
Pronunciation of Melhuish
Mel - oo - ish
Type of Name:
Surname
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