8. Mitchell/Michell

It’s back to the top 20 Cornish surnames. Michael was a first name drawn from the Hebrew language and the Bible. But its vernacular form in the early 1500s was Michell, also spelt Mychell. Or, put another way, the learned form of the name Michell was Michael. When Michell also became a surname it was … Continue reading 8. Mitchell/Michell →