In England, Melhuish is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The pronunciation of this name, specifically in Essex, England, is
m Eh l y oo ih sh
m sounds like the 'm' in me
eh sounds like the 'e' in pet
l sounds like the 'l' in let
y sounds like the 'y' in yes
oo sounds like the 'oo' in food
ih sounds like the 'i' in it
sh sounds like the 'sh' in ship
"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!"
Type of Name:
Last Name
Origin:
Devon- England
Other spelling(s):
Melheuse, Mellhewes, Melhuse, Mellhush, Mellhuish And Mellish
In England, Melhuish is primarily classified as a surname (last name). The pronunciation of this name, specifically in Essex, England, is
Mel-yoo-ish
"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!"
Type of Name:
Last Name
Origin:
Devon- England
Other spelling(s):
Melheuse, Mellhewes, Melhuse, Mellhush, Mellhuish And Mellish
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