English

Means

A surname.

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    Origin

    Various origins:

    * Reduced form of McMeans, a surname of Irish origin.

    * Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Meon, in Hampshire.

    * A nickname from Middle English mene (“inferior in rank”), which is from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general”), or Middle English mene (“moderate in behaviour”), which is from Old French mëen, mean.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • derivedMiddle Englishmene “inferior in rank”
      • derivedOld Frenchmëen

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