as a Last Name
- 350,643
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Mitchell
Meaning & Origins
Scottish, English, and Irish: 1. from the Middle English, Old French personal name Michel, vernacular form of Michael. 2. nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’. 3. Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill.
| 44th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 350,643
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Mitchell per capita
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