Mitchell Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson . English and Scottish: nickname for a big man from Middle English michel mechel muchel ‘big’. Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Michelson Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Michel (i.e. Michael see Mitchell ) + -son. Compare Michaelson . Americanized form of North German Danish Norwegian and Dutch Michelsen and of various other Scandinavian and North German cognates (see Michaelson and Mickelson ). Flemish and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Michel (see Michael ). This surname is very rare in Belgium and the Netherlands. Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Mikhl (see Michael ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Kitchell, Michel, Michelle, Patchell, Winchell, Mitch, Witcher
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts