The name Mansfield arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Mansfield family lived in Mansfield, a parish in Nottinghamshire. The place-name itself is a combination of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon terms, and literally signifies the field by the hill called Mam, from the Celtic word for a mother or a breast.
Mantel Name Meaning. English, German, French, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a cloak maker or a nickname for someone who wore a cloak of a particularly conspicuous design, from Anglo-Norman, Middle High German, Old French, and Middle Dutch mantel 'cloak', 'coat' (Late Latin mantellus).
The name Mathilde is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Mathilde is: Mighty battle maiden.
Meinhard [mein-hard] as a boys' name is of German origin, and the meaning of Meinhard is "brave or hard strength". Maynard is the anglicized form. ASSOCIATED WITH brave, strength.
A strong, attractive surname name with a mix of possible origins: either from the Welsh first name Meuric,which is a form of Maurice, and contains Germanic elements meaning fame and power, or from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning a fork in a river or a road, which led to the name of several places named Merrick in ...
Miles /ˈmaɪlz/ is a male name from the Latin miles, a soldier. The medieval knight was called miles in Medieval Latin, while in Classical Latin, miles meant simply soldier of any sort, including infantry. Miles Gloriosus, whose name means "boastful soldier", was a comic stock character in classical Roman drama.
The name Millie is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Millie is: Servant for the temple; Free-born; noble. Feminine form of Camillus. Famous bearer: Roman mythological Volscian warrior queen Camilla.
Origin of the name Milo: Of Germanic origin, Milo is of uncertain derivation. It might be derived from the German mild (mild, peaceful, calm), which is from the Old German root milan (to mill, beat, crush, or rub until fine or tender). Alternatively, it might be from the Old Slavonic root milu (merciful).
Myles is a variant spelling of Miles. We know that Miles is of Norman origin, but it can't be derived from any specific Old French or Germanic word. ... The Latin word “miles†means 'soldier' or some such military attribute due to its association with Michael (the soldier angel of God).
Meaning of name Mien. Etymology : Dutch and Limburgish short form of WILHELMINA. Saint : Origin : Dutch.
