Melin Surname History

Origins Available:
England
Germany

The Melin surname most likely evolved from several place names, including one near Lancaster and another near Liverpool.

Early Origins of the Melin family

The surname Melin was first found in Lancashire at Melling-with-Wrayton, a civil parish in the City of Lancaster or at Melling, a village a village nearby. "In the Conqueror's survey, Mellinge, Hornebi, and Wennigetun, are placed in Yorkshire, as constituting one manor, in which Vlf, whose name is perpetuated in that of Wolfa Crag, had nine and a half carucates of land. The earliest record in which the parish is subsequently mentioned, is the charter of Roger de Poictou, who gave the church of Melling to his newly-founded priory of Lancaster." 1

Early History of the Melin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Melin research. Another 85 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1120, 1260, 1447, 1465, 1469, 1470, 1474 and 1492 are included under the topic Early Melin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Melin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mellin, Melling and others.

Early Notables of the Melin family

Notables of the family at this time include Thomas Millyng (d. 1492), Bishop of Hereford, became about 1447, when quite a youth, a monk at Westminster, and thence proceeded to the Benedictine College, Gloucester Hall (now Worcester College), Oxford, where he remained till he graduated D.D. He then returned to Westminster, and in 1465 succeeded the chronicler John Flete as prior. The abbot George Norwych had wasted the revenues and incurred large debts, and he was now forced to retire to another Benedictine house, with an annual pension of a hundred marks. Although he retained the nominal title of abbot, Millyng...
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Melin Ranking

In the United States, the name Melin is the 15,120^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 However, in France, the name Melin is ranked the 1,446^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,995 people with that name. 3

Melin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Melin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Simon Melin, who settled in New York in 1730

Melin migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Melin Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Mary Melin, aged 13, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1834 aboard the brig "Trafalgar" from Galway, Ireland

Contemporary Notables of the name Melin (post 1700) +

Berith Melin (1918-1977), American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League outfielder, inducted into the AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)
Carly Melin (b. 1985), American politician, Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2011-2013)
James Edward Melin, American Republican politician, Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908 4
E. Luther Melin, American politician, Candidate for justice of Minnesota State Supreme Court, 1958 4
Ulrika Melin (1767-1834), Swedish textile artist, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
Olof Werling Melin (1849-1940), Swedish colonel and inventor of Melin Shorthand
Roger Melin (b. 1956), former Swedish ice hockey player, current head coach of the Elitserien team Linköpings HC, winner of the Arets coach award (2011)

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html