Mellis

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Mellis is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Chile, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mëllïs, Méllís

• French surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Méllïs

• Greek surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Greece

  Also written Μελλης

• Bulgarian given name16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Croatia, Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Melis, Мелис, Meliš, Meliş

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Mellis is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, habitational name from a place in Suffolk, named in Old English with mylenas, plural of mylen ‘mill’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, from an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Maol losa ‘devotee of Jesus’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, nickname from mells ‘black’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, unexplained.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Swedish, Colloquial form of mellanmål (“snack (between meals)”).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Anne Mellisb. 1942DEGerman watercolorist (born 1942)
• Jacob Mellisb. 1991GBEnglish association football player (born 1991)
• Louis MellisGBScottish actor and screenwriter
• Johanna Mellishistorian

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Mellis mean, and where does it come from?

from Mellis, Suffolk; first attested Joan de Melles 1327 SRSF; see also MALISE Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.

How do you pronounce Mellis?

In Spanish /mellis/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

In which country does Mellis have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 448 people named Mellis in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mellis.

How common is the name Mellis?

In the United States, the national register counted 347 people named Mellis in 2010, about 1 in 959 thousand residents.