Show ContentsMelián Surname History

Etymology of Melián

What does the name Melián mean?

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

Early Origins of the Melián family

The surname Melián 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 Melián family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Melián 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 Melián History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Melián Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Melián family

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, aided by two senior monks, one of whom...
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Melián migration to the United States +



Melián Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Angel Melian, aged 46, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1857 2
  • Cecilia Melian, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1857 2
  • Francisco Melian, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1857 2
  • Gervasio Melian, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1857 2
  • Saturnina Melian, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1857 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Melián (post 1700) +

  • Manuel Amor Melián (b. 1867), Spanish poet, journalist and editor
  • Mrs. Melian Barbara Mansfield M.B.E. (b. 1942), British recipient of Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to Young People, Play and Education 3


  1. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62310, 4 July 2019 | London Gazette, The Gazette, June 2018, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B1


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